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How To Turn Criticism Into Creative Fuel · Voices for Voices®

• 0:01
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Hi everyone, it's Justin here, Voices for Voices.
• 0:04
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Thank you so much for joining us.
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• 0:31
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Thank you again for joining us on this episode.
• 0:34
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: And we are going to hop right on in.
• 0:38
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: So we're going to talk about how to turn criticism into creative fuel.
• 0:45
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: You've just done it.
• 0:47
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: You poured weeks, maybe months, of your soul into a project, your latest painting, your new song, the first chapter of your novel, a video you bled for.
• 1:01
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: You post it online, and for a second, your heart is just pounding in your chest with that terrifying, thrilling mix of excitement and total vulnerability.
• 1:15
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: And then it hits.
• 1:17
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: It's not a comment on your color theory or your chord progression.
• 1:23
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: It's a comment that feels like it was designed in a lab to find every single one of your insecurities and press on them with a red hot poker.
• 1:37
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: It doesn't just critique the work.
• 1:45
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: The sting is immediate.
• 1:48
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Your stomach drops, your face gets hot, and your first overwhelming instinct is to just burn it all down, delete the post, delete the account, throw your guitar in the closet, and never ever create anything again.
• 2:11
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: If you've ever felt that, this video is for you.
• 2:15
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: We're going to walk through that emotional firestorm together.
• 2:22
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: We're going to talk about why it hurts so much, what to do in the first 24 hours, and most importantly, how to build a system for sorting through the noise, finding the hidden signals, and turning even the harshest feedback into the very fuel that will make your next project undeniable.
• 2:49
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: The emotional hurricane, why criticism hurts so much.
• 2:55
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Now before we can use criticism, we have to be honest about what it feels like, especially when it's personal.
• 3:04
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: It can feel like public humiliation, like a judgment on your character, your intelligence, your very right to call yourself creative.
• 3:16
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Let's just validate that feeling right now.
• 3:20
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Your reaction isn't weakness, it isn't you being too sensitive.
• 3:27
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: It's a deeply human response.
• 3:31
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: And there's a couple of powerful reasons why creative criticism cuts so deep.
• 3:39
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: First, our brains have a negativity bias.
• 3:44
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: One popular evolutionary theory is that our ancestors' survival depended far more on noticing the one Russell in the bushes that might be a predator than on admiring the ninety-nine beautiful non-threatening flowers.
• 4:09
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: That ancient wiring is still with us.
• 4:13
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: It means our brains are often primed to give more weight to negative information than positive.
• 4:22
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Ten people say they love your work, but it's the one vicious comment you'll be rereading at 3 a.m.
• 4:32
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: And then there's more.
• 4:34
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Neuroscientists have found that intense social rejection can activate some of the same brain regions that are involved in experiencing physical pain.
• 4:50
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: So when you say that a harsh comment hurts, you're not just being poetic.
• 4:57
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Your nervous system can interpret a cutting remark as a genuine threat to your social standing, triggering a stress response.
• 5:09
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Second, for many creators, the work isn't just something you do, it feels like something you are.
• 5:19
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: The lines between the art and the artist get blurry.
• 5:24
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: You're sharing a piece of your inner world.
• 5:28
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: So when someone attacks that work, you can feel, and it can feel like a direct rejection of you.
• 5:38
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: For many, this connection is what makes creating so meaningful, and also what makes criticism so painful.
• 5:51
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: This combination, a brain that latches onto negativity, and a heart woven into the work is a potent cocktail.
• 6:04
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: You might feel a flash of anger, a cold wave of shame, or a sense of despair.
• 6:12
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: These reactions are uncomfortable, but they're common signals that something you value has been threatened.
• 6:21
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: The goal isn't to pretend these feelings don't exist, it's to learn how to navigate them without letting them take the wheel.
• 6:34
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: And if you ever find yourself stuck in a state of persistent despair, it can be really helpful to seek support from a mental health professional.
• 6:47
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: The first step to turning criticism into fuel is to simply allow yourself to feel the heat without immediately reacting.
• 7:00
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: And that brings us to a powerful rule for handling any piece of sharp feedback, which is the cool down protocol.
• 7:14
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Your first response is silence.
• 7:18
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: When you get hit with criticism, that hurts.
• 7:23
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: You can enter into a reactive state.
• 7:30
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: This is about the absolute worst possible time to make a rational decision or type a public response.
• 7:40
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: So here's a great rule of thumb.
• 7:43
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: For the next twenty four hours, you do nothing.
• 7:48
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Well, not exactly nothing.
• 7:50
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: You do nothing public.
• 7:52
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Don't reply to the comment.
• 7:55
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Don't delete your post in a panic.
• 7:58
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Don't fire off a defensive tweet.
• 8:02
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: You're creating an emotional buffer zone.
• 8:06
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: The purpose of this pause is to give the hormonal storm inside you time to pass.
• 8:16
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: So you can shift from a reactive state to a more thoughtful one.
• 8:23
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: What you do during this cool down period is key.
• 8:29
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: First, step back and step away from the screen.
• 8:35
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Literally, close the laptop, put the phone in another room, the feedback will still be there tomorrow.
• 8:44
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Go for a walk, do the dishes, or hit the gym.
• 8:49
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Physical activity is a fantastic tool for processing the raw energy of anxiety and anger.
• 8:59
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: While intense exercise can temporarily raise stress hormones, regular activity helps lower your baseline cortisol levels over time and releases endorphins, your body's natural mood elevators.
• 9:21
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Second, talk to a trusted friend, but be specific.
• 9:27
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Say something like, Hey, I just got some rough feedback and I'm feeling rattled.
• 9:34
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: I just need to vent to someone who gets it.
• 9:37
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: A good friend isn't there to tell you who is right and who is wrong.
• 9:45
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: They're there to remind you that your worth isn't defined by one comment.
• 9:53
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Third, write it out, but be smart about it.
• 9:58
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: One technique backed by recent research is to write down your angry, unfiltered thoughts about the feedback on a piece of paper and then physically throw it away or shred it.
• 10:17
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: A 2024 study from Nagoya University found that participants who wrote down their feelings about a provocation and then discarded a paper saw their anger almost completely vanish.
• 10:37
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: The physical act of disposal seems to be key.
• 10:42
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: However, this isn't for everyone.
• 10:45
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: If you find that writing an angry rebuttal just makes you angrier, try a different approach.
• 10:56
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Journal about the situation neutrally or write a self-compassionate letter to yourself.
• 11:05
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: The point isn't to win an imaginary argument, it's to process the emotion so it loses its power.
• 11:17
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: After you've given yourself this space, you'll notice a shift.
• 11:23
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: The searing pain begins to dull.
• 11:28
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: The frantic energy recedes.
• 11:31
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: You're still you, you're still a creator.
• 11:36
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Now and only now are you ready to approach the criticism with a clear head.
• 11:45
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Now let's look at the critic sorter, a framework for filtering feedback.
• 11:53
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Okay, the emotional storm has passed.
• 11:58
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: You've survived.
• 12:00
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Now it's time to go back to that comment and look at it not as an attack, but as a piece of data.
• 12:09
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Your job is to be a detective and decide what that data is worth.
• 12:16
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: To do this, we need a sorting system.
• 12:20
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: A hateful slur from a troll doesn't deserve the same attention as a thoughtful critique from a peer.
• 12:29
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Think of it as a four bin system.
• 12:35
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: The troll destructive feedback.
• 12:39
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: You know this attack, a slur, or just meaningless vitriol designed to get a reaction.
• 12:53
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: You're a hack, or far worse.
• 12:56
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Their motive is irrelevant.
• 12:59
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Trying to figure them out is a waste of your energy.
• 13:05
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Your action?
• 13:07
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Delete, block, report if necessary.
• 13:12
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: This is basical digital hygiene.
• 13:16
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: You are the curator of your space and have no obligation to host abuse.
• 13:25
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Your mental health is your most important creative asset.
• 13:30
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Protect it.
• 13:32
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: In cases of repeated harassment, it's wise to document the comments before deleting.
• 13:40
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: But for the average troll, block and delete is your best friend.
• 13:47
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: The confused spectator, uninformed feedback.
• 13:53
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: This feedback isn't malicious, but it's misaligned.
• 13:58
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: It comes from someone who is clearly not your intended audience.
• 14:03
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: This is someone complaining that your heavy metal song isn't quiet enough, or that your abstract painting doesn't look like a photograph.
• 14:16
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: They're judging your apple for not being an orange.
• 14:20
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: So your action?
• 14:22
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Acknowledge, but pivot.
• 14:25
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: You don't need to change your work to please someone who was never going to be a fan.
• 14:33
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: However, don't dismiss this feedback entirely.
• 14:38
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: If many people are confused in the same way, it might reveal a blind spot in your communication.
• 14:47
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Maybe your introduction wasn't clear.
• 14:50
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: It can be valuable data about an audience match, or valuable data about an audience mismatch.
• 15:03
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: So the hidden gem, which is harsh but potentially useful feedback.
• 15:09
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: This is the most challenging category.
• 15:13
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: The feedback is delivered terribly.
• 15:16
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: It's blunt, rude, maybe even insulting.
• 15:21
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: The first half is so boring I almost clicked off.
• 15:25
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: The delivery is garbage, but buried inside might be a tiny sharp piece of truth.
• 15:35
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Your action?
• 15:36
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Practice alchemy.
• 15:39
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Your task is to separate the hurtful delivery from a useful message.
• 15:46
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: I call this the translation technique.
• 15:50
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Rephrase the harsh comment into a neutral, actionable question.
• 15:57
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: The first half is so boring becomes where could I improve the pacing in the first half?
• 16:06
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: This character's dialogue is cringy becomes does my character's dialogue sound authentic?
• 16:15
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Where could I strengthen their voice?
• 16:19
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: This act of translation puts you back in the driver's seat.
• 16:25
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: It turns an insult into a professional problem to solve.
• 16:30
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Remember, you're not obligated to dig for treasure in a pile of abuse.
• 16:37
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: But if you suspect there's a kernel of truth, this technique can help you extract it.
• 16:45
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: The Gift Constructive Criticism.
• 16:50
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: This is the gold standard.
• 16:53
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: This feedback is specific, actionable, and focused on the work, not you.
• 17:00
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: It's clear the person engaged thoughtfully and wants to help.
• 17:06
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: It might sound like I love the concept, but I got a bit lost in the second act.
• 17:14
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: The character's motivation felt unclear.
• 17:19
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Your action?
• 17:21
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Treat this like the precious resource it is.
• 17:25
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Read it carefully, let it sink in.
• 17:29
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: If appropriate, thank the person for their time and thoughtful feedback.
• 17:36
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: This encourages them to offer such valuable insight again.
• 17:42
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: This is the feedback you take notes on.
• 17:46
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: This is what goes directly into your action plan.
• 17:51
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: From feedback to fuel the action plan.
• 17:58
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: You've weathered the storm and sorted a feedback.
• 18:03
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Now you have a collection of useful insights from the gem and gift categories.
• 18:11
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: What's next?
• 18:13
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: This is where we build.
• 18:15
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: This is where the fuel ignites.
• 18:19
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: First, look for patterns.
• 18:22
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: A single piece of feedback isn't just one person's opinion.
• 18:28
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Be cautious about making huge changes based on one note.
• 18:34
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: But if you get three, four or five separate pieces of feedback all pointing to the same issue, that's no longer an antidote.
• 18:48
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: That's a signal that deserves your attention.
• 18:53
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: If one person says your film drags in the middle, that's their opinion.
• 18:59
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: If five people independently say it, that's a strong indicator that you should reexamine the pacing.
• 19:10
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: The signal is in the repetition.
• 19:13
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: An important exception, the expert opinion.
• 19:18
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: If you're writing a historical novel and a historian tells you your timeline is inaccurate, that single piece of feedback carries significant weight on that factual matter.
• 19:34
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Context and the source's credibility matter.
• 19:40
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Next, transform these points into a concrete action list.
• 19:48
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Move from what's wrong to what can I try?
• 19:53
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Your list shouldn't be fix the boring middle.
• 19:57
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: It should be a series of questions and experience questions and experiments.
• 20:05
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: For example, investigate the pacing of chapter five.
• 20:10
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Can I combine scenes?
• 20:14
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Experiment with a different color grade.
• 20:17
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Try a warmer and cooler version.
• 20:22
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Read all of my main characters dialogue out loud.
• 20:27
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Does it sound like a real person?
• 20:30
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Brainstorm three alternative endings.
• 20:34
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: What happens if the hero fails?
• 20:38
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: This list becomes your roadmap.
• 20:41
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: It's a series of creative problems you get to solve.
• 20:47
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: This is where the growth happens.
• 20:50
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Think of it like a blacksmith forging a sword.
• 20:56
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: The initial blade has impurities.
• 20:59
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: It must be heated, hammered, and folded over and over.
• 21:05
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Criticism is that fire and hammer.
• 21:11
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: It's pressure.
• 21:13
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: But it's also what forces you to refine and strengthen your work.
• 21:19
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: You are the blacksmith.
• 21:21
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: You decide how to use the fire.
• 21:26
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: The unshakable mindset, building long-term resilience.
• 21:32
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: All these techniques are designed to do one thing build resilience.
• 21:39
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: The goal isn't to build armor so thick that criticism never hurts.
• 21:46
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: The sensitivity that makes you an artist is often the same sensitivity that makes criticism sting.
• 21:57
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: The goal is to get better at Processing the sting to shorten the recovery time between impact and action.
• 22:07
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: This involves a fundamental mindset shift.
• 22:12
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Replace this idea.
• 22:15
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Criticism is a sign of failure.
• 22:19
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: With this one, criticism is a sign of life.
• 22:25
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: It means you made something.
• 22:27
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: It means you were brave enough to put it out in the world where someone could see it.
• 22:33
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Silence is safe, but nothing grows in a vacuum.
• 22:38
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Constructive feedback, even when delivered poorly, is engagement.
• 22:44
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: It's data.
• 22:46
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: It proves you're no longer creating in the dark.
• 22:50
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Many of the creators we admire most faced walls of criticism.
• 22:58
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Think about how the Impressionists were ridiculed by the Paris Salon before they were revered.
• 23:07
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Vincent van Gogh sold almost nothing in his lifetime.
• 23:13
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Their resilience became part of the story.
• 23:18
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Ultimately, you are the creative director.
• 23:22
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: You decide which notes to take.
• 23:25
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: This process isn't about surrendering your vision, it's about sharpening it by using every tool you have.
• 23:36
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: And criticism, when filtered and refined, is one of the most powerful tools there is.
• 23:46
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: So let's bring it all home.
• 23:48
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: When that next piece of harsh criticism hits, and it will, remember the plan.
• 23:55
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: First, breathe.
• 23:58
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Do nothing public.
• 24:00
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Let the emotional wave pass.
• 24:03
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Second, become a sorter.
• 24:06
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Is it a troll?
• 24:08
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: A confused spectator, a hidden gem, or a gift?
• 24:14
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Third, become an alchemist.
• 24:17
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Translate the useful feedback into neutral, actionable questions.
• 24:23
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Look for patterns.
• 24:25
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: And finally, become the blacksmith.
• 24:29
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Use that refined fuel to fire up your forge and hammer your work into its next stronger form.
• 24:43
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: You are in control.
• 24:45
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: The pain of criticism is real, but so is your power to transform it.
• 24:53
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: You get to decide what you build with the fire.
• 24:57
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Now I want to hear from you.
• 24:59
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: What's the best, worst, or most transformative piece of criticism you've ever received?
• 25:07
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: And what did you do with it?
• 25:09
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Share your story in the comments.
• 25:12
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Your experience could be the very thing someone else needs to read today.
• 25:21
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Thank you so much for joining us on this episode of the Voices for Voices podcast.
• 25:27
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• 25:45
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Thank you so much for being with us.
• 25:46
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: And until next time, let's celebrate all the voices in the world and let's be a voice for not only ourselves, but maybe somebody else in need.
• 25:57
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: We'll see you next time.
• 25:59
  Voices for Voices, Justin Alan Hayes: Bye bye for now.