Practical Advice to Deal With Career Criticism

Key points

Career criticism can be given to anyone, regardless of who you are.

It's good to be resilient when confronted with criticism.

Reflecting non-defensively on criticism may prove helpful to your career.

Earlier this month, I happened across an article on CNBC describing how Julia Roberts learned to handle career criticism.

The subject immediately interested me. On one hand, it felt strange that one of the most successful movie stars on the planet would have been dogged by criticism. On the other hand, it's not at all surprising that a sensitive young woman in a very tough business would encounter emotional challenges she had to learn to cope with.

As a young actress Julia Roberts was stung by criticism, but learned to use it to her benefit. Source: Denis Makarenko / Dre