How Do You Handle Criticism?

Question

do you go off or take it?

Answer 1

i cant say i enjoy it but i take it

Answer 2

Ahhh this is a tougher nut to crack to a point. I look at it this way. I take a look at the person who is criticizing me and give a certain weight to their words. For example if a broke person is criticizing me about the way I make money then I obviously could care less what words come out of that person's mouth. On the other hand if the person criticizing me is successful and wealthy then I give a lot more weight to what they say. That's how I gauge the usefulness of the persons criticism. In the end depending on how much that person's words mean, you take that information and you apply it in a contructive way, if that person's criticism was of any value of course.

Either way it's hard to not feel hurt by a person telling you that you are doing something wrong or that you are wrong in some way. Nobody wants to hear that. It's only natural for your defenses to kick in because your brain has an inate need to rationalize everything. In other words your brain can't handle knowing that it is wrong, it's not part of its makup. Think about it, even when you do something that you know is wrong you always have a "good enough reason" to convince yourself that your actions are warranted. Who ever does something wrong without having an excuse for it? There's always a reason for everything and not all things are done for the right reasons.

So as I said just evaluate the person doing the criticizing and you will know where to go from there. The hard part is correcting your irrational rationalizations for doing things that don't make any sense or accepting that maybe your way is not the best way of doing things.

Answer 3

Depends on the criticism and the mood. If its something that I know I need I will take it. But if its something or someone trying to be rude I will go off.

Answer 4

Depends on what kind of criticism it is. In the case of a good criticism, you of course, consider it and take of it whatever you will. When it comes to a bad criticism, i.e. pointless ranting, I just let it bounce off of me. My brain cells would be wasting their time and energy if they tried to understand it.

Answer 5

Take it. Feedback is just information. If the information is useful, apply it to make you better. If not, ignore it. Getting emotional about the feedback rather than actively listening to what is being said is the problem that most of us deal with. If you can remain objective, you will hear what is being said as opposed to what you interpreted they said.

Answer 6

well im the type people say, ahhh, the couldnt care less type? yeah, thts kinda like me. so usually i just listen to what people wanna say bout me, and id just agree with them. but if what theyre saying is true and it happens to be something bad about me, id do the same really, but it would hurt me a bit. but at the end, id try to correct tht mistake of mine. im not ignorant. tho tht agree with everything style of mine is an effective way to fend urself from criticism. the more defensive u are, the more they hit u in the stomach. heck, i donno.

Answer 7

I think I handle it pretty well. So long as it is given in the right spirit. If it is meant only to hurt and demean then it usually angers me (in spite of my best efforts to rise above it.)

Answer 8

I used to avoid criticism a lot and i did things the way EVERYONE wanted me to because i wanted to please them and make them happy so they won't criticize me.
I think in a way i'm grown out of that. but part of that still comes out when i really feel like it
but i've learned that you do need criticism to make yourself better. Although i do criticize myself a lot hearing from other people kinda hurts more in a way. but i think i need more experience to answer this question

Answer 9

If it's constructive criticism, I try to learn from it. If it's just nagging or designed to belittle me, I completely ignore it.

Answer 10

Reflect first. If it's constructive I take note. If it's to undermine, ignore.

Answer 11

I usually criticize the person back if I didn't ask for their opinion.