Generally, we receive criticism for three reasons: We deserve it, the critic is compensating, or the critic is making a political statement. These aren’t meant to be comprehensive but they do cover a large motive base. If you’re healthy emotionally the issue isn’t being criticized when you deserve it but whether your critic is compensating for mal-adjustments in their personality or using you as their political lightening rod. Here are seven salient facts about criticism that leaders must know.
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Will Salyards, PhD Blog
Life, Career, Leadership
There are two facts that I reserve for critics: 1) to never receive criticism from anyone who is not interested in my welfare and 2) critics interested in my success are my best friends. I think I see these and three powerful lessons for life and business in the story about a lawyer and a fishmonger.
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