Cool thread.
Constructive criticism is always very helpful I think, only when you are attempting to fashion something for other people. Otherwise, criticism is a really defeating process and should simply be ignored (even self-criticism).
I think there is a very important divide to be aware of between 'tolerating' criticism and being indifferent to criticism. I would opt for indifference because 'tolerating' is really just suffering through it, giving attention to it, that is undeserving.
Rejection with girls through high school was a tough topic for me; I now am quite indifferent to it because I am very good looking, so I always see it as incompatibility between us and just assume a more compatible woman will come along.
I don't really know or experience any other kind of rejection in my life. I suppose the same formula above can be applied to any topic.
There are successful people that tolerate criticism, dismiss it, or accept it. So is it 'successful people' or 'empowered people'? (empowered in the sense of self-empowerment)
I think empowered people are those rare few individuals who choose individuality and realize their freedom is something that springs from within and does not pounce from without.
Successful people (this can be ambiguous, so just bear with my semantics) are those that grant the external environment 'authority' over their existence. Yes, some may be billionaires, own companies, or whatever - but it all came from a place of reverence for the 'seemingly' enormous external reality that exists - and not from a reverence for the truly enormous creative consciousness that rests within them.
I went on a bit of a tangent there.
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