"Don’t Quit Your Day Job" : 3 Ways to Keep Criticism from Getting to You

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Valerie Young

Valerie Young Ed.D. created her site Changing Course "To give my customers the tools, information, ideas, and support you need to create a more satisfying and balanced life doing work you really love... on your own terms." She is also author of the book The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: Why Capable People Suffer from the Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It, and The Confidence Project live, interactive class.

By Valerie Young

Published on 10/29/2006

There are two kinds of negative feedback, the kind that – as painful as it is – is generally accurate and helpful and the kind that is totally without merit. Let’s look at this last kind of criticism first.