I’m happy to write about constructive criticism at Devotable today. Here’s a peek at my post, and I hope you’ll head over to read the rest.
If you listen to constructive criticism, you will be at home among the wise.
If you reject discipline, you only harm yourself; but if you listen to correction, you grow in understanding.
Proverbs 15:31-32 NLT
Do you value constructive criticism, or do you resist its power?
In Bob Goff’s recent bestseller, Everybody Always, he tells a story of what can happen when you resist constructive criticism.
As a young man, he owned a secondhand truck. When he went back home, his father reminded him to change the oil in the truck. Every time Bob visited, his father gave the reminder, knowing that Bob wasn’t so good at keeping up with details.
Yet every time Bob heard his father’s reminder, his spirit rebelled against the good instruction and he chose to ignore it. He wanted to prove that he no longer needed his father’s advice. But he paid a price for not following the correction.
Eventually, the truck stopped working because Bob never changed the oil in it. He didn’t take care of the truck and reaped the costly consequences. Now he admits he should have listened to his father all along.
How We Receive Constructive Criticism
I’m guessing that you receive plain old criticism more often than constructive criticism. Regular criticism wounds. But constructive criticism offers life.
Hop over to Devotable now to learn more about dealing with constructive criticism.
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