05/09/2025

Use Criticism as a Catalyst for Change

Turn feedback into growth

I suppose I'm like most people in that I’d rather not hear criticism from anyone. I’d really, really rather not hear it from people I’m not particularly fond of. In my younger days, I’d mostly just ignore it. I say mostly because I did let it bother me; I allowed it to wreck my attitude, especially my attitude toward the person criticizing me.

Thanks to one of my mentors, I came to understand that while I may never like hearing it, I did have other options for dealing with criticism. The option I chose was to accept all criticism as constructive criticism. It didn’t matter who it came from or how they meant it; even if it was supposed to be hurtful, I just accepted it.

I considered the criticism, decided if it was valid and what action I would take because of it. It really helped me maintain control of my attitude, and much of the criticism was actually helpful once I received it with an open mind.

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