freelanceswitch.com: We face criticism from all sorts of angles, both in our professional and in our personal lives. It never ceases to amaze me how often complete strangers will offer up advice on everything from parenting skills, to recipe enhancements, to the exact right way to get from point A to point B. Everyone is an expert.
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A ton of people get crazy when faced with criticism and it's hard to think of something less flattering. Sure, sometimes it's hard to hear someone else criticize your work. It is for everyone. But criticism is usually a whole lot more useful than absent flattery. It's really important to know what to do when it comes up, but no one really ever teaches it. It seems like it is an obvious answer: listen, reflect and evaluate, adapt and improve, move on, but it does not seem to be that simple for most people. Of course, not all criticism is constructive, but it becomes worse the more personal the person on the receiving end makes it. It's much more productive to put it to good use.
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