Normally we feel uncomfortable, while being criticized. In fact, we are unable to tolerate anyone criticizing us.
We never try to find out, whether there were genuine reasons for someone finding faults in our act and behavior.
Sometime they might be right and sometime wrong. However, we always consider criticism as an instrument to threaten our existence.
Surprisingly, there was a person who used to ask for criticism from others in order to find out his faults, take corrective action on them and improve the same.
His name is E.H. Little and he was working as Salesman for Soap Bars manufactured by Colgate.
When he had been consistently failing in his job, what he did is a lesson for most of us.
He went back to those people who had refused to buy soaps from him and asked them point blank - what was wrong in his approach, when he was trying to convince them.
He continued doing so, taking feedback and improving on his techniques and eventually became the president of the Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Soap Company—one of the world’s largest makers of soap.
In life, people will appreciate us and criticize as well. We must enjoy appreciation, but accept criticism as an opportunity to improve upon our weaknesses.
Let's develop a Positive Mindset and ask for unbiased, helpful and constructive criticism.
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