7. How Do You Handle Criticism?
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I don't mean to be disrespectful. Except for you do. I'm Angela Duckworth. I'm Steven Dubner. And you're listening to no stupid questions. Today on the show. We all need feedback to improve.
So why is it so hard to hear criticism? If you don't give him critical feedback, what he could have done better. He tells you what a terrible person you are. He just denigrates you. Also, which is the more meaningful act? Celebrating a friend's accomplishment or supporting them through a loss. Most people already know to be supportive when someone is having a bad day. So it's okay to ditch'em because you already know that. Whereas if something good happens, I wanna be there for the champagne. Steven Angela. Everyone I know recognizes that feedback
makes you better at whatever it is that you're trying to do. But nobody I know likes to be criticized. So yeah, what do you think that is? So I do love that question. But let me ask you a couple of questions about the question. So you're linking feedback and criticism. Negative feedback, right. When you said feedback makes you better, I believe in that more than I believe in just about anything on earth. If you want to improve, you need really good feedback. But I would also say
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