"Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things."
I think a lot of us who struggle with criticism may never have stoped to think of it in a such a light. --Pain is uncomfortable, but it is necessary to bring mortal danger to our awareness. If we ignore pain, we ignore our very survival and well-being. Criticism is much the same thing except its function is to alert us of other hazards that are holding us back from our potential success in all other walks of life. It hurts, but ignoring it will always render us worse off. The Covey Benchmarks are a great resource for constructive criticism. If we can view these criticisms as merely our "alert" of the qualities in our life that need to be remedied, and honestly strive to understand and act on them, then our benchmarks will in fact be one of the greatest tools for our life success.
Cason Wortley
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