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How do you take criticisms?
Criticism is the practice of judging the merits and faults of something or somebody in an intelligible or articulate way.
It can be divided
into categories: First is to help you and encourage you and second is to hinder you
and see you fail.
The
second type of criticism may stop many of us from being willing to stand out
and encourages us to keep our head down.
But my question is
that, why do some people criticize and put people down?
People often criticize
because they want to feel important and respected or they feel insecure
or the reason could be that they feel criticized by you. Another
reason could be that they are defending their own actions by pointing out that
you also did some things wrong. People also criticize because they might have strong opinions on
a subject.
Being criticized may
trigger fear shame and anger. you may not be able to face people, cope up with difficulties and feed
into your insecurities about being unworthy or incompetent.
If we think
positively, we can say it is quite acceptable that a person criticizes someone
else in order to let him avoid a certain mistake in the future.
But on the other hand
we also believe that no one likes criticism. It reflects negatively on us,
implying that we are lacking in some way.
There is nothing pleasant about criticism.
Even the best intention critique still stings.
You may need to stay calm and not take
it personally because reacting emotionally will only make the situation worse. Behavioral
researches shows that emotional reactions are mostly negative whether the criticism
itself is good or bad.
Never take the criticism personally because
most of the times, their
criticisms reflect more about themselves than about you. They react
in this manner because of certain beliefs and frameworks they have about life.
Take their
criticisms as a source of reliable and honest feedback. Drop them
with a good compliment. Give them a smile and you may also help them out in
areas you know they can benefit from your help.
If I
ever feel uncomfortable about others’ comments, I’ll look within to understand
why I’m feeling that way and think positive because positive thinking also
helps practice serenity.
How do you treat criticism?
Always remember
that emotional reactions are not good and only take up time and energy.
So please
stay serenity!
