4 Reasons Why It’s So Hard to Cut Yourself Slack

How to go from self-critic to self-coach

Jack Calhoun
Forge
Published in
6 min readMar 31, 2021

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I recently watched a 2018 Netflix special with David Letterman and Jerry Seinfeld in which the two legendary entertainers took turns interviewing each other on stage. What struck me most was how much the two differed in their approach to compliments: Seinfeld was gracious and appreciative whenever Letterman noted…

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Jack Calhoun
Forge
Writer for

20+ years as managing principal of a wealth advisory firm. I write about the principles of sound investing, the solopreneur life and the wisdom of experience.