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Darren Hardy LLC

Leadership, Teams, Success, Highachiever, Entrepreneurship, Darrendaily, Personaldevelopment, Darrenhardy, Business, Careers, Selfimprovement, Productivity

4.91.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Most people run from criticism — but what if you turned it into an unfair advantage? Darren Hardy shares a perspective shift that could transform the way you grow, succeed, and lead. Know this powerful mindset today!

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A well-thought-out critique is as valuable as gold, and you should seek that from everyone you

0:06.0

can, but particularly your friends. It doesn't mean your friends are right, but you at least want

0:11.9

to listen very carefully to what they say and to everyone. Welcome to Darren Daly on

0:18.4

demand, your most trusted resource to help you become better every day.

0:23.1

Here's your success mentor, Darren Hardy.

0:29.4

Confident individuals tend to respond to criticism productively.

0:34.5

Insecure people tend to respond defensively. For insecure people, criticism gets

0:40.5

exaggerated in their minds, causing them to think, I'm terrible, I'm in trouble, my career

0:46.7

is over, they don't like me. These exaggerated statements are what promotes the defensive

0:53.0

behavior. A better way to think of criticism is this,

0:56.5

as it was originally conceived by Aristotle. It's an evaluation whose intent is to improve. Instead,

1:05.0

think of criticism as information that can help you grow, information that can lead you to a more accurate assessment from other people's perspective

1:14.6

and provide you steps for improvement.

1:17.6

The continued supply of criticism and feedback is a fundamental part of sustained growth

1:22.6

and a key ingredient to success.

1:25.6

If instead of seeking approval, you instead ask, what's wrong with it? How can I make it

1:31.0

better? You are more likely to get a truthful and critical, which is important to your improvement, type of

1:37.4

answer. Here's how Elon Musk put it. A well-thought-out critique is as valuable as gold, and you should seek that from everyone

1:46.0

you can, but particularly your friends. It doesn't mean your friends are right, but you at least

1:51.8

want to listen very carefully to what they say and to everyone. Basically, you should take

1:57.6

the approach that you're wrong. Your goal is to be less wrong. So here's your

2:03.2

action. Seek criticism today. Ask at least three people today on how you are behaving or

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