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When you work hard on an assignment, the last thing you want is for your boss to critique it. Ideally, you would probably love to receive a pat on the back for all your effort. But what if I told you there’s a way to use criticism to boost your career? While you already might be really good at your job, there’s always room for improvement. It can be easy to get offended when someone tells you how you could have done something better, especially when that critique comes from your boss. It’s normal that you want to be viewed as the perfect employee, where your boss can rely on you for everything and anything. But it’s also OK for your boss to be honest about your work by telling you how to improve it. Instead of viewing criticism as a negative thing, you should use it to your advantage to help boost your career.
“Regardless of whether you’re the CEO or entry-level assistant, it’s hard to hear criticism. If you find yourself on the receiving end of this, the first question to ask yourself is, “Is this constructive criticism?” If it’s not, and rather criticism just for the sake of cutting you down, the best you can do is remind yourself that you’re doing the best you can. If someone wants to call out your faults with no intention of helping you improve, it’s probably a reflection of some inadequacy that they’re feeling. And you don’t have any business feeling back about that,” says career coach Kim Wensel in an interview with Bustle over email.
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