Inspirational Quotes - Handling Criticism

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Inbox Insight No. 5

QUOTE

"No one beneath you can offend you. No one your equal would." Jan L. Wells

INSIGHT

When others confront, criticise or insult you, it can be upsetting and worrying.

However, when we understand that this sort of behaviour is more a comment about the person doing it than the person it's aimed at, it can drastically change the way we feel.

Accepting responsibility is not the same as accepting insults!

Even if a person has a point, it doesn't mean they have to be abusive or critical in the way they convey it. In fact, they don't HAVE to convey it at all!

Once, the famous psychiatrist Milton Erickson was with a client who called him clumsy because of the way he walked with his damaged leg.

Erickson said, "Sure I'm clumsy, but you haven't seen how clumsy I am when I walk outside!"

An insult is really only an insult when it is accepted.

QUESTION

The next time someone insults or criticises you, how could you deal with it elegantly?

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