I'm convinced that, well, virtually everyone you're ever going to meet, they will tell

you that they want to do something great with their life.

They'll tell you that they've got big dreams, they've got plans and they're going to make

it happen, but they can't take criticism.

They're not willing to look at what they're doing wrong.

They're not willing to admit that everything is their fault, but it's just a frame of

reference.

To change that frame of reference, it would change everything.

And as Tim Grover said, the only difference between feedback and criticism is how you

hear it.

Understanding the brain, understanding how we process data, understanding the way that

ideas get into your mind and cause a chain reaction of emotions.

If you can't figure that out and rise above it and not become a victim of your emotions,

not become a victim to people saying something that knocked you off your confidence, that

make you feel insecure, that actually cripple your ability to perform because of how you

have decided to hear something.

And that moment of awakening, that breakthrough, that is the realization that you decide what

to focus on.

You decide what to hear and what to take away from something.

Somebody can assail you, they can attack you, they can victimize you.

But it's a choice as to whether or not you play the victim.

As Winston Churchill said, criticism may not be agreeable, but it's necessary.

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