Since my childhood, I have always been a very confident man. I always had the belief in my abilities that I could achieve success and could apply my artistic skills. This self confidence gave me strength to accept criticism and improve my skills so I can succeed at the highest level. For the purpose, I always listened to the criticism against me, and then tried to improve my skills.
The healthiest thing is taking honest criticism or suggestions about the work, as a way to improve the logical errors we commit, but the way they are raised and the comments received, determines the psychological or emotional impact on the person. When someone criticizes anyone, he or she gives the opportunity to learn to do things better. One can extract a positive reading of what others will say about the person. It will give chance to try to turn the disadvantages into advantages or from weaknesses to strengths. However, sometime one has to listen to unjustified criticism. If the criticism is unjustified, and refer to the general or personal issues that have nothing to do with work, the emotional reaction is much more powerful. I had to face such situations, but with time I learned how to get out of such situation as it could only disturb my development. People used to make of my voice and make fun of my art work. I was initially offended, but later focused on my work and skills, which led to significant improvement in my work (Weisinger, 2000).
Negative criticism is that which is done in a respectful way with the creator of the work subject to criticism. Such criticism is often accompanied by arguments that support the claims contained in the review. Destructive criticism, however, is that where you are disrespectful ...