Accepting negative and positive feedback can be something someone can accept for better or worse. So why do most people avoid criticism? Well, that's because in most cases it can make you work harder or make you not want to try at all. Most of the time criticism is meant as something positive to try to encourage you to be better. Ideally, it brings balance to our lives, provides us with a basis for comparison, and brings truth, honesty, and intimacy. We hope you give us honest feedback, a balance of praise and criticism. Criticism has always been a big part of my life when I was the middle child and when you have singing lessons and have been singing since diapers. I think it wasn't until I got older and more mature. When taking their opinion in perspective can improve yourself in a positive way, many people's criticisms are better accepted when that person has higher self-esteem and has thick skin. This is proven by most people who have good self-esteem and feel confident about themselves, why? Well, because when someone has an opinion about how you do certain things it's an opportunity to grow and improve themselves instead of seeing it in an offensive way. Studies can show many ways on how to deal with criticism, but what you need to learn from this is positivity as long as you are positive, then what is holding you back or holding you back? I realize that criticism doesn't always come kindly from someone legitimately trying to help. Much of the feedback we receive is unsolicited. Perhaps there is a lesson in every criticism, if only we are willing to find it. We cannot control what others will say to us. But we can control how we internalize it, respond to it, and learn from it, and when we release it and move on. Dealing with criticism from others is difficult, but you can choose how to deal with it. It can be disheartening when your boss sends your work back to you with revisions and changes all over the place, but those are your best opportunities to get