Yo today's Q-O-D is if someone is trying to criticize you and you don't accept it

it's really left with them. Here we go. Thank you. So, Welcome back to the quarter of the day show. I'm your host Sean Croxton

and Sean Croxton.com. It's throwback Thursday and we are turning back that clock all the way to

episode number 743 in our featured speaker Marissa Pier today Marissa is going to share

her very best tips for rejecting criticism and not letting it in.

Marissa Peers coming up.

You know, I've worked with people for, I't know 25 years and they have this disconnect where they let in criticism and reject praise particularly women

So if you say to a woman, oh you look fantastic at that go, I've had it for six years.

You look lovely, or I haven't even washed my hair today,

or why did a great speech?

Yeah, but you know, I forgot the most important bit.

So that it's an interesting thing that they reject praise and they kind of actually almost criticize themselves.

And when I was in the States last week I was looking on Amazon.com because I've just started this thing

of responding to people that review it going well thank you very much and on

Amazon.com they have a different thing. If you buy a book and you like it, you can highlight bits you like and put it up.

And I didn't know that. I was looking at my book and seeing what people had highlighted and they'd highlighted this story that I'm

going to tell you which is one of my favorite stories. So criticism. I'll come

back to the story in just two minutes. Criticism withers people and praise builds them up and the third thing you must do to really feel great about yourself

all the time to radiate confidence. That real inner confidence is to learn not to let in destructive criticism.

You can't stop people criticizing.

You cannot let it in.

Years and years ago when I was getting engaged in my boyfriend.

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