How to deal with criticism and negative feedback.
( Advice from an amazing book 🧵 )
1. Receive the criticism all the way through and get it over with.
2. Jot down notes to yourself on what phrases bother you.
3. Jot down notes on what phrases seem useful.
( Advice from an amazing book 🧵 )
1. Receive the criticism all the way through and get it over with.
2. Jot down notes to yourself on what phrases bother you.
3. Jot down notes on what phrases seem useful.
4. Remember that even if you made a truly rotten piece of work, it may be a necessary stepping-stone to your next piece of art.
5. Look at the criticism again. Does it remind you of any criticism from your past? Acknowledge to yourself that current criticism is triggering grief over a long-standing wound.
6. Write a letter to the critic - not to be sent probably, defending your work and acknowledge what was useful.
7. Get back on the horse. Make an immediate
commitment to do something creative. Do it. Creativity is the only cure for criticism.
7. Get back on the horse. Make an immediate
commitment to do something creative. Do it. Creativity is the only cure for criticism.
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