When you’re actively developing and practicing self-awareness, you’re able to accurately assess your strengths and areas for improvement, which helps you worry less about what other people say, including if they criticize you.
We’ve all been on the receiving end of criticism and, for some people, it can be debilitating and even paralyzing. The good news is you can be self-aware and learn how to listen to the criticism, focus it in a different way, and use it to become a stronger person. Here is what some smart people have to say about the subject.
David Brinkley:
A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.
Elbert Hubbard:
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
Franklin P. Jones:
Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.
Henri Frederic Amiel:
We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves.
A significant part of self-awareness is the ability to think and behave positively regardless of what people say. What will you do to move past criticism?
Cheers,
Guy