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Two Types of Criticism and how to Handle Both

I’m sure there are a 100 kinds of criticisms, but that won’t fit into a blog (at least not one you’d read). So here are the two types that I get and how I am learning to respond. I simply call them Critiques from the Outside and from the Inside. “Outside Criticism” comes at me from people I either don’t know at all or I know, but am not “doing life” with. These are public critiques for me as a public figure. They are on Facebook, Twitter, comments on my blogs or emails through my website. Just this week I was called “a member of Al Qaeda” since I “loved Muslims too much.” That’s a classic “outside critique.” Oh, it still affects me. Hurts. So here’s what I do with outside critiques - I categorize them into three sections: