How well do you take criticism?

Don't judge me, dude.

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I think it takes a special type of sociopath to be able to be Donald Trump and not kill yourself.

Well, in my line of work taking constructive criticism goes with the territory, as long as it's constructive. As for the rest of it, I'd be in the same camp as the Buddha with a lot of it. There's an old story about him encountering a very angry and rude young man in a village, who insulted and criticised him greatly. The Buddha listened to all this quietly, and when the young man was finished, hes said "Tell me my son, if someone were to offer you a gift, and you didn't accept it, to whom then would the gift belong?" "Why, to he who had offered, of course!" "Exactly," said the Buddha. "And it is so with your anger. If you become angry with me and I do not get insulted, then the anger falls back on you. You are then the only one who becomes unhappy, not me. All you have done is hurt yourself."

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I'm closely watching Donald Trump's campaign, and although he's popular and topping the republican poll, he has to put up with a large portion of criticism. I often wonder how people like this can continue to persuade people for a vote, even with some nasty things that people say, particularly on social media, do you think he ever looks online or picks up the tabloids? What about the normal Joe Soap?

How well do you take criticism, and does it bother you? Do you actually care what people say, even if it's only from a small minority?

What about in a high profile job,surely you must hear people speaking and using your name in an unjust way, maybe even on a weekly basis?

The thing about Trump is that he doesnt care about criticism. He just wants the attention. Whether it is positive or negative doesnt matter to him. One of those words ending in -path probably describes him.

Like above, it depends on who the critic is. My work role is still technically a junior role and to learn more, I have to take criticism from those above me. It's necessary.

In my spare time, I sometimes try my hand at baking and use my housemates as guinea pigs. All I want is an honest yes/no answer. One housemate always makes statements such as "there's too much sugar/flour". This same housemate has never created a meal in his life. What he constitutes as cooking is taking something from the freezer, fecking it onto a baking tray, watching TV and coming back 30 minutes later. This is somebody I will never take baking/cooking criticism from.

Fcuk you !