I treat criticism as a valuable resource to help me grow, and I'm grateful that somebody took the trouble to help me do that.

I remember someone once asked how their business could be more successful. The reply was to fail more often!

We will often learn best from our mistakes, if we let a bit of our ego go and avoid being defensive.

Having said that, I'm not some saint! I have to remind myself that criticism is valuable to me, it's natural to feel a bit defensive.