How Do You Handle criticism?

August 14

Some people turn criticism into fuel to propel them forward. For me criticism is a brake, which slows me down.

I had a boss once who not only listened to me criticize a decision he had made but thanked me for it. I need to take a rebuke like that, learn from it and move on.
How do you handle criticism? Does it slow you or grow you?

"Rebuke a wise man and he will love you.
Give instruction to a wise man and he will be still wiser;
Teach a just man, and he will increase in learning." (Proverbs 8:31)