>Things like "It's OK, you have tried your best" is the real negativity to me, since it implies that I have reached the best I can do in potential/capacity
I don't see it that way at all. It simply means you played the best hand you felt you could at the time. My best in college isn't the same as my best now, Some 7 years into industry.
I'll agree it's not necessarily constructive. But fluff encouragement can be reassuring. Non-constructive insults is almost never valid.
I don't see it that way at all. It simply means you played the best hand you felt you could at the time. My best in college isn't the same as my best now, Some 7 years into industry.
I'll agree it's not necessarily constructive. But fluff encouragement can be reassuring. Non-constructive insults is almost never valid.