5 Ways Of Handling Criticism Well

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2. 5 Ways Of Handling Criticism Well You will get this a lot in your Post Graduate Diploma Courses that “Feedback is a gift.” It can set you on a path of improvement and help you grow into a better version of yourself each day. But how to take this negative feedback or in other words Criticism sportingly and not let it destroy our self confidence. At Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management (VIM), Hyderabad, Email: admissions@vjim.edu.in : Phone: +91 40 2304 4901/02

3. 5 Ways Of Handling Criticism Well we try to teach our students 5 qualities that can help them take criticism well and use it in their self- improvement and learning. Quality 1 - Listening Quality 2 - Assuming Good Intentions Quality 3 - Not Making Excuses Quality 4 - Understanding The Fact That Personal And Professional Worlds Are Different. Quality 5 - Be Positive To Help Being Provided Email: admissions@vjim.edu.in : Phone: +91 40 2304 4901/02

4. 5 Ways Of Handling Criticism Well Quality 1 - Listening There is a Turkish Proverb that says, “If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.” Hearing what is being said helps you to understand the criticism and thus act on it later. The power of listening can really help you become a better performer at work and would eventually make you a good leader. Listening gives you a perspective on which you can work on to gain other people’s confidence in you. Email: admissions@vjim.edu.in : Phone: +91 40 2304 4901/02

5. 5 Ways Of Handling Criticism Well Doing this would make people see you as a responsible person and thus would entrust you with important tasks in future. Therefore, the quality of listening would not only help you gain the perspective over the negative criticism, but will also give you a direction to work towards it. Quality 2 - Assuming Good Intentions This in other words is- having emotional intelligence. Taking criticism can be hard at times. Email: admissions@vjim.edu.in : Phone: +91 40 2304 4901/02

6. 5 Ways Of Handling Criticism Well Assuming good intentions can refrain you from jumping into conclusion right away. Having a positive outlook towards criticism would make you believe in the person who is criticizing you and would help you listen to what he is saying. Quality 3 - Not Making Excuses It is among basic human instincts. Whenever we perceive that we are being attacked, we get into a strong defensive mode. Email: admissions@vjim.edu.in : Phone: +91 40 2304 4901/02

7. 5 Ways Of Handling Criticism Well The feeling of being attacked can make you enter into a defensive mode due to which you will start justifying your actions. It is only natural but it s harmful. Try get rid of this habit and instead, adopt a quality of not forwarding excuses. Say what all you have learned and what you will do differently from now on. Email: admissions@vjim.edu.in : Phone: +91 40 2304 4901/02

8. 5 Ways Of Handling Criticism Well Quality 4 - Understanding The Fact That Personal And Professional Worlds Are Different. Whenever we are criticized, we start to believe that people are criticizing you and not your work. This perception of being attacked at the personal level needs to be altered. Develop a quality of separating your personal life from professional. This can help you understand that the criticism is directed to improve your work. Email: admissions@vjim.edu.in : Phone: +91 40 2304 4901/02

9. 5 Ways Of Handling Criticism Well Quality 5 - Be Positive To Help Being Provided Not all those who help you thinks you are weak. If someone has come up with a criticism and has offered a helping hand with a constructive feedback, do not see it as a mockery rather be positive towards it. Take the hand and work towards it. You will see a positive difference for yourself. Email: admissions@vjim.edu.in : Phone: +91 40 2304 4901/02