Are you your own worst critic? I hate receiving criticism, but I certainly love dishing it out. Or are you like LeBron James in that criticism stimulates you? Lebron said, “I like criticism. It makes you strong.”

Everybody's a critic these days. And I mean, literally everybody, social media has made it more harsh, more frequent and more real, like it's a real punch in the face.

For instance, on February 5th, 2018, the following was tweeted. Dear KFC. “No one likes your fries, your sincerely, the entire world.” @Upgrade_ music sent that on behalf of the entire world.

The bigger point here is that everyone receives criticism and sometimes it's, or at least it seems like it is from the entire world.

So how are we going to handle this? How do you handle criticism professionally? How do we handle it personally? How do we handle it from a corporate standpoint?

Criticism is generally just in your head. We worry about things.

“Remember the only taste of success that some people have is when they take a bite out of you.” Zig Ziglar.

“Any fool can criticize condemn and complain. And most fools do.” Benjamin Franklin.

Don’t worry about criticism. Move past it.

“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” Winston Churchill.

How did KFC handle the criticism? They realized that criticism comes, they evaluated it. They categorize it as true. They contemplated a response.

It took them nine months to respond and they activated a plan to overcome it. Nine months after the entire world criticize their fries.

I hate criticism as much as anybody. I must admit a lot of times I like dishing it out.

Criticism hurts. It slows me down. It makes me angry.

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