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To be criticized, is never pleasant. It is rarely a good day when we have to read an unflattering social media post about ourselves when we are given harsh feedback on a project, or hear that we are being gossiped about by strangers.

However, the question of how much criticism needs to hurt depends on something which has nothing to do with the specific attack we happen to face, how much we happen to like ourselves. The degree to which we buckle in the wake of negative comments reflects how we deep down

feel about ourselves. When we carry within us a sufficient ballast of love.