Criticism can be different and can manifest itself in different forms. It can be offensive, or it can be expressed in a delicate and veiled way. Dissatisfaction, claims, remarks, accusations - all this is criticism. Sometimes it helps self-improvement, but sometimes it can cause complexes. To prevent the second from happening, you need to learn to accept criticism correctly.
Instructions
Step 1
Do not be offended by criticism, in whatever form it may sound. At this moment, try to free yourself from all feelings and emotions, concentrate all your attention on the words, and not on how they are pronounced. It is clear that this is difficult to do and you want to be rude to a person in response, especially if there are no prerequisites for criticism. But the ability to abstract from emotions can greatly help you not only in such situations. In addition, even in the most unconstructive criticism, you can find something useful for yourself, but for this you need to learn to hear what you are told.
Step 2
If the criticism is justified, and you yourself understand that you are guilty, then you need to admit your mistakes, correct them and prevent their repetition in the future. For example, if you are often late, and they make comments about this, then it is quite obvious that you need to somehow fix the situation. Leave the house earlier than usual, try re-routing, etc. You yourself will be pleased when the amount of criticism decreases. Thus, the correct perception of critical statements and your further actions aimed at correcting your mistakes and shortcomings allow you to improve yourself, grow in your personal and sometimes professional plans.
Step 3
If you do not understand why you are being criticized, you should not immediately start yelling and waving your arms. Better to clarify what your opponent means, let him elaborate on his criticism. For example, in a family, one can often hear accusations from one of the partners that the other pays little attention to him. But for everyone, the concept of the amount of attention and how it should be manifested is different, so in this situation, try to sort everything out: what exactly the person lacks attention, how he would like to receive it.
Step 4
Look at the situation from a different angle, especially when it seems to you that the criticism is not justified. If your work is criticized, then try to objectively evaluate it. Maybe there really are some shortcomings that you simply did not notice in the heat of work, but now you can fix them. The same goes for family relationships. There was some kind of quarrel between you and your spouse, look at the subject of your contention from the side. Perhaps the quarrel arose from scratch, but if not, then it is worth trying to fix the situation.
