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Every work that we do gets two types of reviews: the one we expect and the one we don’t. We like to hear praises and appreciation for our hard work that we put in. But, when one doesn’t appreciate it and in turn criticize it we don’t feel good about it. We have two reactions to the criticism that comes our way:

1.We hate the person and the feel the person is just giving mere advice.

or

2. We feel bad for ourselves and start doubting our capabilities.

This phenomenon is inevitable. There always opinions floating. There are always people who know better than you and might give you some productive advice. There are also people who really like your work and praise it. And, there is another group of people who are actually not pleased with your work and are just giving you bad feedback with no proper reason. All these should be welcomed. You might be confused. Once I say ‘who cares’ what the world think, now I say that we should welcome feedback.

Let me be clear. We should always be ready to listen. We might be great in our works but should always be ready to hear what others might have to say. Every human has different view point and might come up with better suggestions for the next time. Listening is a great quality of a person willing to succeed.

In this there might also be people who give better ideas. People who have the capability to tell you to grow and show you ways you might go wrong.

Teenage phase is the most annoying thing. This is because there are always a lot of people who want to tell us their experience but we are in a state of mind that we don’t wanna listen. We are always that I know it all types. This is something that all of us go through.

“This is the time for you to listen and work.”, these are the words my mom always tells me. I always found it harder to implement in my real life. But, I am practicing to do it. Because, this is the time I can make myself better. I am trying to listen. This might be really difficult at times but we should. You might ask how?

Here are some ways:

Listen

Always listen first when someone says. Don’t be a impatient child. You might not agree with what they say but listen to them carefully and don’t interrupt.

Think

After listening, comes the real part. We need to analyse what suggestions you might consider and what you might not. You will always know who was genuine in their feedback and who wasn’t. Ignore those who you feel do not care for the good of you. Here comes the ‘who cares’ part.

Reply

If you agree with what you said thank them and if you don’t then put forward your point and leave thanking for their time.

Do this. Because,

Listening is greater than chaos.

Also, drop your feedback below.