If you use criticism to bash or undermine, it will be harmful. If you dismiss criticism without reflection it will be useless. But if you assess criticism objectively and without emotion, you can discover what's useful to you, and shrug the rest off.
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Criticism is desirable and useful, even if it stings.
Take criticism to a useful place by asking:
"Thank you," points criticism toward useful ends.
It’s fuel for you. You can use criticism to improve yourself, your product, or your service.
Or, if the criticism makes no sense, it can make you angry, which is also a good thing. That type of anger is useful. “I’ll show them!”
There are a number of valuable tips to help you learn to take criticism well and use it to get better at whatever you are doing:
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