Crucial Skills: Constructive Criticism : How to Hear It When You’d Rather Not

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Before you work on overcoming your aversion to constructive criticism, I have a suggestion: explore it. It may be telling you something.
In my experience, people are averse to constructive criticism for one of two reasons. They either think the criticism is intended to tear them down rather than build them up—the critic is simply hiding their intent behind the term “constructive”—or they associate criticism with shaming. Any feedback that implies they could or should do something differently negatively impacts their sense of self.
I am not sure from your message what’s contributing to your aversion, but I encourage you to explore it. Until you know, you won’t be able to address it.

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