There’s a fine line between inspiration and intimidation. – Drew Maughan

Back in high school, a certain teacher (who may or may not have been teaching GCSE English) made a point of showing people up – especially when they’d put a foot wrong – in front of other people! But when someone did something particularly well, whether it was one of their teacher’s pets, the author of a book we were reading or an actor in a video we were watching, they would lavish praise on them in front of other people.

From that time, it dawned on me that there are two responses one can have to hearing about (or seeing) someone doing well for themselves, and having all kinds of rewards and recognition heaped on them.
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