These 4 questions will prompt whether to take the advice of another person

Stephen KingMargaret Mitchell and Joan Rowling has repeatedly stumbled on the way to glory. They were refused by many publishers. Imagine if they followed the advice of the publishers not to publish their works. The world would have lost his stunning masterpieces of literature.

Elizabert Gilbert, author of the popular book "Yes, pray, love"Too over the years I received a stack of letters with failures. In order to understand whether or not to entrust the fate of his work to an individual, she asked myself four questions:

1. I taste and opinion of this man be trusted?
2. Does he understand what I'm doing?
3. Is this man wants me has been successful?
4. whether he is able to convey to me the truth without hurting my feelings?

If she could not positively answer all the questions, I did not allow this man to read his book and express their opinion about it. According to Gilbert, the most important is the last question. Because rudeness can only hurt the desire to create.

The writer admits that this method of working and personal life. To open up to someone, you need to make sure that he can be trusted.