To learn about accepting negative feedback I read Why It's So Hard to Hear Negative Feedback and Make Good Art: Neil Gaiman's Advice on the Creative Life, Adapted by Design Legend Chip Kidd. When I think back on times I was given negative feedback I almost always was upset by negative feedback. I have always been a type A perfectionist and because of that, I have a really hard time accepting criticism, especially when I was younger. I remember getting really upset when anyone corrected me in school and I used to actively avoid things like art and creative writing because what's good is so subjective that I could never be sure I wasn't going to get negative feedback. As I got older I started to see the value in critiques and began to take those kinds of criticisms less personally. As I got older and had to start giving critiques myself, I realized that the person giving them doesn't mean it personally they just want to help you. Through those experiences, I have been able to take negative feedback less emotionally and instead use it to improve myself.
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Hey Meghan,
ReplyDeleteI can totally relate to your type A personality. Receiving feedback has always been a struggle for me as well. I think this also pushed me away from the more creative subjects because I had a fear of criticism. Your post was very relatable to me as I went through a similar process in accepting that feedback is actually very helpful.
-Andy