{"id":301,"date":"2007-05-22T18:12:42","date_gmt":"2007-05-23T01:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/22\/how-to-handle-criticism-at-lifehackorg\/"},"modified":"2018-04-04T03:27:45","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T10:27:45","slug":"how-to-handle-criticism-at-lifehackorg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/22\/how-to-handle-criticism-at-lifehackorg\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Handle Criticism at Lifehack.org"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just finished another entry in my column over at lifehack.org entitled, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifehack.org\/articles\/communication\/how-to-handle-criticism.html\">How to Handle Criticism<\/a>.  People who know me well understand that I have a very odd style of accepting criticism and negative feedback.  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