What is the truth?

Is it always bad not knowing the truth? Some people may not think so. As we grow up, we don't like the truth especially the criticism of ourselves. Some of us build our self-confident by performing well, but some of us by rejecting the criticism. With sending the messages that I don't like to listen to any censure for my performance, we will receive nothing or only praise. By accumulating these praise, we will have a strong self-confident, although there may be more criticism untold. With this self-confident, we can perform some excellent presentations in business, and more praise follow. Is that a kind of cheating ourselves? However, we do become a better presenter with confidence.