10 Ways To Cope With Criticism? | Design Insights

It’s never easy to take criticism, even if it’s warranted and In the creative world, it’s even harder because design is so often subjective.
Even well-meant and helpful criticism of creative work can be difficult to take, when you’ve worked so hard on a project that means a lot to you personally.
If you don’t learn to take criticism effectively, you’ll never be able to grow as a designer.
You’ll also find it incredibly difficult to build a professional career in any of the creative fields or industries.
I myself have also received and dealt with a wide range of criticism.
In this video I am going to discuss 10 ways you can deal with criticism.
Let’s Get Into it!
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WAYS TO COPE:
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:00 Develop a positive attitude
00:02:13 Develop a Thick Skin
00:02:56 Be Open to Hearing Other People’s Thoughts on Your Designs
00:03:46 Recognize the Difference Between Constructive and Destructive Criticism
00:04:30 Always Consider the Opinion but Remember That it is an Opinion
00:05:09 Be Ready to Counter Criticism
00:06:09 Take Personal Feelings Out of the Equation
00:06:59 Silence Them if the Timing is Wrong
00:07:30 Don’t Be Afraid to Walk Away
00:08:23 Always see it as a learning opportunity
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[@CarrieDavisBig2BeastMode]

Love the video thank you for sharing! I have a very thin skin when it comes to criticism and I'm trying to work on that. I have a nightmare project where I've been trying to provide mockups for two vehicles for a company partial wrap lettering job and we've submitted over 20 revisions and spent wayy too many hours on. Looking for a professional way to back out at this point as I am pretty sure I cannot meet their expectations

[@GarethDavidStudio]

Sometimes a client can be a bit unreasonable. I'v had experience with that. Once you fall into the precedent of constant revisions, that's what a client can come to expect.
A few revisions is fair, but anything close to what you're suggesting is taking advantage.
I always try and be as positive as possible yet firm. I have also worked with clients where I have gone above and beyond, way over the budget and time to just try and please them.
Sometimes you just have to cut your losses. Just say 'It's been great to work with you, but we have gone over budget and time, we have respectively honored our agreement, and gone beyond to help you. However, now it's impacting our business. We need to settle on our recent amends or negotiate more time to spend on the project.'

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Keep your chin up! You can over come! 👊

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