Facing Criticism, Are We Ready?

Indonesia
January 23, 2011 7:56am CST
Normally, if someone gets criticized, he tends to react negatively. As if the honor and pride is being threatened, humiliated. He considered the criticism as an insult will lower self-esteem and libel. And reactions that appear either in the form of thoughts, feelings, and gestures of the body is self-defense. How should we behave in accepting criticism, so that we can accept criticism as a means of building progress?
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@hramdatt (137)
• United States
23 Jan 11
i use criticism as a method of improving my personality, when someone criticizes me, i analyse what i have done incorrect and try to correct that. Note i said analyse, because sometime we can be on the correct tract and still be criticized. so we must not act negative because adding a negative to a negative would result in a greater negative outcome. happy mylotting
• Indonesia
23 Jan 11
It should analyze is the right thing, sometimes some people who have thought hard always flatly refused every criticism received.
@EdnaReyes (2622)
• Philippines
23 Jan 11
I'm used to criticism. My line of job has a lot of it. Whether positive or not, I readily accept them cause they will make me do better the next time and serve as my inspiration to continue doing my thing. Criticism is a way to make a improvements and without it would make your job worthless and in vain.
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• Indonesia
23 Jan 11
You've done the right thing in responding to criticism, it was a difficult thing for some people.
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
24 Feb 11
Hi. daysansumbi2010. I feel that people should be mindful about what they say and how they say things to each other. Especially, when it is to their face. We should have a confident attitude so that we won't take any kinds of criticism seriously. Even if what they are saying about us is true, we still have to be strong enough not to let it bother us.
@rifnee (1713)
• Indonesia
26 Jan 11
Criticism makes us more intelligent and careful in sorting out any problems. Without criticism humans will become like robots, as happened in Saudi Arabia or Iran. Human very frightened out his personal opinion. We live in an age of information, each event anything outside us, it can be seen in seconds and minutes. It is only through criticism that we must go forward, and achieve progress as high. But do not be too much criticism, without actual data and misleading. It's called malicious criticism. Must we fight together.
@najibdina29 (1309)
• Indonesia
14 Mar 11
must be prepared we accept criticism from others who built the home his criticism was not a drop, because I know that his name man who built for the criticism could fix it,could be better than ever.
• Philippines
24 Jan 11
first, there are two types of criticism, a constructive criticism and negative criticism. If a person is being criticized so that he/she will change for the better I think that one should be open minded enough to accept the fact that he should be aware of somethings in him/her that she/he should change and it is for his own good. The other one is negative criticism, with this one, I think that people criticized negatively because there are things that other people has which they don't have and that touches their ego, so what they do is that they tend to bring someone down by criticizing on how a person look, or just simple find flaws of the certain person.A person being criticized negatively should just let the other person be, I mean why would you fight back to defend yourself by what through criticism too, which is not fair and I just think that one should just let it go so that the other person will just stop and think twice that he doesn't really matter for the other person.
@wilmscz (104)
• Philippines
24 Jan 11
so true! they say "it's not about the one being criticized, but the critic himself" critic hates people whom he sees are better than them, it is their stupid cry of envy. good day to all.
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
24 Jan 11
Most of us think we can take any criticism that comes our way. that's what we believe until it happens in an unflattering way for us. It can be difficult to accept criticism. criticism is not always kind. Learning to take something from criticism is what should be important to us.
@nakula2009 (2325)
• Indonesia
24 Jan 11
must be prepared we accept criticism from others who built the home his criticism was not a drop, because I know that his name was criticized those who build for the criticism could fix it, could be better than ever.
@megamatt (14292)
• United States
23 Jan 11
Well if we are not ready for criticism, then we really need to learn how to be ready. There will be a lot of people in life that will give their responses on what we do. And not all of them would be favorable a lot of the time. There are times where people are nice and do give criticism in a nice diplomatic manner. Then there are those who really do pull no punches at all. You really need to go with both kinds of criticism, all kinds of criticism. We do not have to agree with all of it. Still we have to be prepared to give it a thought. Still just because people criticize us does not mean they are always right. In fact we could be both all of the mark. It is possible and really something that is a huge part of life. Life does go on and criticism might make us better as people all around.
@gengeni (3308)
• Indonesia
24 Jan 11
Because humans are; 1. Intelligent, knowledgeable but humble (always feel still stupid). 2. Intelligent, knowledgeable but arrogant (forget yourself). 3. Stupid and realized he was stupid (did not understand what the criticism). 4. THIS THE MOST woe; Stupid but feel the most clever. And .... Finally, all is inseparable from the attitude.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
24 Jan 11
In my work, i always do my best that it will always excel. However, i still welcome criticism, if done constructively. But when it is done just to put my spirit down, i would surely defend it. Sometimes, we have to weigh criticism, from whom it comes and how it was delivered to you. If i know that the one who gave the criticism was my competitor for a much coveted position in the company , i would just shrug it off. If it was delivered in a too strong tone , i would surely ask that person, what's her/his problem with me! Besides, i don't want criticisms to be done so openly where others could hear it.
• Indonesia
25 Jan 11
Be yourself what it is, whatever the form of criticism, spicy or not, of course, aims to make you better than that now, so you should be grateful, it could be a comparison for you to continue to succeed., learning arena. Not everyone is perfect, certainly there are drawbacks, just another person who can see our shortcomings.
@mimoy36 (39)
• Philippines
24 Jan 11
i think it is easy enough to say that we should take criticism positively. but to be honest, i dont know how exactly should one react when being criticized, especially if its not constructive. so how should one take it? with a smile? maybe im just a little sensitive but there are times when it hurts. so how do we handle that?
• Philippines
24 Jan 11
hi there! once a friend told me "it's all about the critic, not the one being criticized" he said "if someone criticized you don't be offended if you know your true self and you know it's not true...just shook it off"
@jujunme (2501)
• United States
23 Jan 11
it all depends on who is doing the criticizing and how they go about it.Most people can take constructive criticism from family members and friends who have their best interests at heart and are only out to help them. When anyone criticizes you for their own reasons or just to be mean, then of course people will react to this negatively.of course there are those who no matter who criticizes them , they become defensive and feel threatened, in my opinion this is a sign of immaturity and not realizing that people who really care about you, are not out to hurt you.
• India
23 Jan 11
Definitely. Criticism should be taken in a constructive manner as much as possible. Though the other person may be your foe but you should react to them peacefully.