How do you handle critics?

I couldn't agree with Deni more. The more you get ripped into, the more you want to improve.

I really, really, REALLY think it's a major problem for a lot of people - especially in the US in general. People can't handle honest (not malicious) criticism anymore. No one listens to the criticism of others. No one can "handle it," and tend to just ignore it. I think that's a major tragedy; more than having your feelings hurt because someone was honest with you.

Of course, there are limits. I would say that I disagree with Deni when he says you should listen to every little bit. I'd say consider your sources. Listen to people who love you, or are even an acquaintance. Someone who gives a shit about you, even if in a shallow kind of way.

But perfect strangers? Sometimes they're unnecessarily critical because you're not doing/telling them what they want to hear. I wouldn't give a perfect stranger a second glance if they called me an asshole. But if one my classmates, work associates, whatever tell you something like "you know, that really isn't the best way to do X," I'd listen to what they have to say.

Jam it back in, in the dark.