Codie Sanchez

One is that those who give it need to give it thoughtfully.

So you can't be

particularly when you're dealing with people who are, might be more sensitive.

And I think that the thing about younger people, when I was young, I was more sensitive.

I think as we age, I think we develop thicker skins.

So it's always going to be, I don't think it's specific to this generation.

I think it's always been true that when you're starting out in the field, you're a little sensitive.

So I think it's, first of all, incumbent on the person giving up.

the feedback to be thoughtful in how they do it.

There's a world of difference between saying, I love this, but here's how it can be even better.

And this sucks, right?

You could be saying exactly the same thing.

There's two ways to say it, right?

When I was starting out at the New Yorker, I had a brilliant editor who was just really, really, really good at getting me to understand what was wrong with my pieces.

And he did it with honey, right?

Part of that was he understood who I was and what I needed to motivate me.

And it's still the case.

If you want to motivate me, just start with a compliment.

Tell me what you like about it and then I'll be more than happy to fix what's wrong about it.

But if you don't see anything of value here, then we're sort of wasting, I'm wasting my time.