Even though negative feedback from others may feel like a personal attack, it can provide helpful clues for self-improvement and healthier relationships.
1. Consider the source
How close are you to the person offering criticism? How much do you respect their opinions? Do they criticize everyone? Weigh the criticism based on how much you value the relationship.
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Thanks for sharing this. As a “sensitive” personality, any criticism can send me into a panic. I love the reminder to consider how much I actually value the relationship–so many times they are people whose opinion I don’t respect. Thanks for the great blog!
All great tips. I’m good at recognising my failures in my performance but when my boss decided to also say I had no value it really sent me into a spin. It’s taken me two years to be able to return to work in this area and those words are still with me. The thing for me to remember here is that this boss values no one in her department. We are all expendable and the department will continue without any of us. We are just numbers.