Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Saturday, November 15, 2008
How to handle criticism?
What is the difference between constructive and destructive criticism? If the critic is being point-blank rude, would that be refered to as destructive criticism? And still if you choose to learn something good from that criticism, would that "destructive criticism" then become constructive?
I receive very less constructive criticism, I feel. So whenever I do receive it, I feel grateful to the person who took the efforts to show me the errors of my ways. Obviously, one would always appreciate a calm discussion over a complete show-down. However, often times I find that other's observations about me are not really true. So when they are actually criticising me for something, I realize that its not even true in the first place. it only seems to be true, but not actually so. Now, how do I fix something that is not even there..?
So I guess the problem is that what is true is not getting reflected correctly. The image that is being built up is quite different from what is actually true. How does one get out of such a mess?
I receive very less constructive criticism, I feel. So whenever I do receive it, I feel grateful to the person who took the efforts to show me the errors of my ways. Obviously, one would always appreciate a calm discussion over a complete show-down. However, often times I find that other's observations about me are not really true. So when they are actually criticising me for something, I realize that its not even true in the first place. it only seems to be true, but not actually so. Now, how do I fix something that is not even there..?
So I guess the problem is that what is true is not getting reflected correctly. The image that is being built up is quite different from what is actually true. How does one get out of such a mess?
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