The graduate school philosophy paper I had turned in was only three double-spaced, typewritten pages. This paper meant much more tome. It was my first real breakthrough in dealing with criticism.
All people have a built in desire to be right and to be perceived as competent.
Criticism attacks us at this deep level, so we prefer to avoid it. Our problem with criticism is compounded when we think the criticism is unwarranted. But you and I both know that there is no hope of escaping criticism, so we've got to deal with it. While there's no easy way to deal with criticism, it's not hard to understand how. You probably would guess that dealing with criticism is largely a matter of a change in attitude.