Do you sometimes feel nervous about doing more online because of criticism or negative feedback? In this episode, I leave no stones unturned! Listen to episode.

In this podcast, you will learn the following:

5 levels of criticism that you may face online
5 reasons why people criticise
10 reasons why you attract criticism into your business and life
3 types of critiques
6 best ways to deal with negative feedback
The best way to grow your business in spite of criticism

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    33 replies to "How To Deal With Criticism While Building Your Personal Brand Online"

    • Meenu Chaurasiya

      How to deal with criticism ….
      #ILHFAMILY
      #ILHDEEPLEARNER

      YOU CAN NOT GROW YOUR BRAND …WITHOUT BEING CRITICISED ….

      YOU CAN NOT HAVE MAGNET …WITHOUT TWO POLE. NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE….

      5 DIFFERENT LEVEL OF CRITICISM

      1…SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENT…. NEGATIVE COMMENT….. JUST IGNORE IT … DONT TAKE ANYTHING PERSONAL

      2…COMMENT INSIDE YOUR COMMUNITY. .. GOT TO TAKE THAT FEEDBACK SERIOUSLY. COMMUNICATION IS IMPORTANT… MAYBE YOU MISUNDERSTOOD YOUR OFFERING OR YOU DID NOT SET THE INTENTION UPFRONT in a right way ….

      3.. Some big influencer said something negative about you. … If he is right in any way and he is true about your mistake …take it seriously …apologies openly ….work on it. Improve it …

      4…someone in you domain trying to make you feel down about you and your work.

      5.. Entire customer community tears the business down …. Because of some problem …

      Why people criticise….

      First… they are trying to give genuine feedback …what they felt about your improvement ….

      Second… Just because of jealously ..just ignore it ..

      Third…. They do have anything else to do. they love drama…

      Forth…. People who have blaming nature. …because they have all the skills and knowledge they did not have result for themselves and for their community ..their student. ….

      If somebody comes with problem …
      First I genuinely ask them how I can help them. ..
      Seconds I have support community who answer their question. .
      Third… I cannot solve problem ..I REFUND them….

      THERE IS NO CONCEPT OF MARKET SHARE. MARKET IS HUGE. ..

      WHY YOU GETTING CRITICISE …

      IF YOU ARE NOT REALLY DELIVERING …NOT ADDING ENOUGH VALUE …

      1.NOT CLEAR WITH YOUR OFFERING AND COMMUNICATION …. Not setting strong value for community…. Code of honor…..

      2..THE MORE YOU THINK ABOUT CRITICISM the more you get. .

      3…YOU ARE NOT GETTING RESULT FOR YOUR STUDENT …. Even the success rate is a very small number …. 5 to 4 %…..

      The is measurement of success Also matters …. Standard ….

      4…You are not getting consistent result for your student ….

      5…Maybe you are not consistent with your message … Your mission and vision ….

      6…Maybe your product needs to improve….

      7…You are not practicing what you preach. ..

      8…Maybe you are not processing your
      Own emotion ….. Whatever negative you have inside will start to come outside …

      9..Mission first ..community second …and me third …follow this …maybe your priority is not right ….

      10..May you got to improve yourself first … Make peace with yourself … Work on your negative experience and flaws….. Accept it. work on it ….

      Type of critic….
      Blamer..and complainer ….
      Jealous type ….

      Good hearted …genuine feedback giver ….regarding improvement. .they give constructive criticisms in private …and prasie in public ….

      How to deal with it ……..
      Get excite about it. .because its a opportunity to grow …

      Think calmly and response with positive attitude … Address situation …acknowledge it

      Don’t get into emotionally charge people …… Should not get angry … Not get triggered by emotion …..

      Apologies in public ….. Openly do it ……..

      It takes a lots of guts….

      If feedback is not genuine …then responded back with logic and number …make them understand they have not gone through complete course and not implemented it …..

      You never bash down other people … Say them more power to them …..saying negative will suck your energy ….. DONT ACCEPT THEIR NEGATIVE …

      I AM HUMAN…
      I CAN DO MISTAKE
      AND I WILL APOLOGIES FIR THAT IF ITS HAPPENS ….

      MOST IMPORTANT … BUILD A LEADERS ..WHO ARE SUPPORT PILLER …. ALWAYS ACTIVE … GIVING SOLUTION TO COMMUNITY….

      #ILHDEEPLEARNER
      #YOUCANCOACH…..
      THANKYOU …….

    • Sam J

      How to deal with criticism in your business?
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

      You can not grow your brand without criticism. Magnet proper is to attract as well as Repel.
      Criticism is part of game .. it is all about how you deal with it.

      5 different levels of criticism
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      *1. social media comments out of your community
      => ignoring is best way .. You need to start growing up 🙂
      *2. customer comments within your community
      => take it seriously … Definitely misexpectation from their side or miscommunication from your side
      *3. negative review by other influencer
      => If they are competitors .. just ignore and bless them 🙂
      => if guinine, then take it seriously. Dont hesitate to apologize if really needed
      *4. main stream media criticism
      => take it super seriously, and sort it out
      *5. Complete customer community tear out.
      => This should never happen with anybody

      5 reason people criticise
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      ^1- Guinine Feedback
      – gap between what you promise and what you do
      ^2- Jealous Emotional Feedback
      – ignore it
      ^3- Dramatic Criticism
      ^4- not getting results due to some problem in your implementations
      ^5- competitor’s criticism
      10 RCA points for you to do
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      %1. not having strong values .. Dont have COH
      %2. You are not transperent in communication with your students
      %3. consistenent results for your students
      %4. consistent messaging
      %5. think more about criticism
      %6. Your products is not upto the mark, it needs improvement
      %7. You have personal friction in your personal life
      %8. emotions not controlled
      %9. priorities are not right … mission first, community second and me third
      %10. Geninely you need to improve as a person
      3 types of critics
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~
      #1. Jwelous and envyous
      #2. People born to complain
      #3. Guinine and good hearted people who are your well wishers
      6 ideas to respond to criticism
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      @1=>jumped off and excited
      @2=> think calmly and address without justifying .. dont get triggered due to emotions
      @3 =>Miss communication …apologize
      @4 =>analyse and respond calmly …
      @5 => never bash anybody down ..always wish them good
      @6 => Build team of leaders .. they will work as checks for you…

    • Sam J

      How to deal with criticism in your business?
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

      You can not grow your brand without criticism. Magnet proper is to attract as well as Repel.
      Criticism is part of game .. it is all about how you deal with it.

      5 different levels of criticism
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      *1. social media comments out of your community
      => ignoring is best way .. You need to start growing up 🙂
      *2. customer comments within your community
      => take it seriously … Definitely misexpectation from their side or miscommunication from your side
      *3. negative review by other influencer
      => If they are competitors .. just ignore and bless them 🙂
      => if guinine, then take it seriously. Dont hesitate to apologize if really needed
      *4. main stream media criticism
      => take it super seriously, and sort it out
      *5. Complete customer community tear out.
      => This should never happen with anybody

      5 reason people criticise
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      ^1- Guinine Feedback
      – gap between what you promise and what you do
      ^2- Jealous Emotional Feedback
      – ignore it
      ^3- Dramatic Criticism
      ^4- not getting results due to some problem in your implementations
      ^5- competitor’s criticism
      10 RCA points for you to do
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      %1. not having strong values .. Dont have COH
      %2. You are not transperent in communication with your students
      %3. consistenent results for your students
      %4. consistent messaging
      %5. think more about criticism
      %6. Your products is not upto the mark, it needs improvement
      %7. You have personal friction in your personal life
      %8. emotions not controlled
      %9. priorities are not right … mission first, community second and me third
      %10. Geninely you need to improve as a person
      3 types of critics
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~
      #1. Jwelous and envyous
      #2. People born to complain
      #3. Guinine and good hearted people who are your well wishers
      6 ideas to respond to criticism
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      @1=>jumped off and excited
      @2=> think calmly and address without justifying .. dont get triggered due to emotions
      @3 =>Miss communication …apologize
      @4 =>analyse and respond calmly …
      @5 => never bash anybody down ..always wish them good
      @6 => Build team of leaders .. they will work as checks for you…
      #ILHDEEPLEARNER
      #YOUCANCOACH

    • Ramkumar

      Most criticism ….Important topic at Right time for me…

      Here is my learnings

      1.Social media comments…Just ignore it. Need to Grow….
      2. CUSTOMERS Comments within community…. Communication is first important
      3. Some other influences. Just ignore them… Ignore it absolutely absolutely not true..
      4.Main stream media criticism…
      5.Entire community down…..

      WHY DO PEOPLE CRITIZES

      1. Genuine Feedback …
      2. Jealousy….. Just ignore it…..
      3. They don’t have any other work…. Job less…
      4. Inspite of having knowledge..not getting personal results… Start blame others.
      5. Direct competitor…. very limited mindsets…

      Shift the spotlight

      Who you are…

      Universe prompt u on something….
      Root cause analysis
      1.Strong value business….. Strong code of honors important
      2.Transperancy in ur students.
      3. Not getting results from students. 5 to 10% success rate… High Benchmark sidz… Super High qualifications….
      4. Inconsistent in msg…
      5. Thinking more about negative stuff.
      6. Product or service not upto the mark
      7. Practice how to teach.
      8.Emotion process…
      9. Priority is not right… Mission first… community second… me last…. Mr.Blair’s principle
      10.Genuinely improve as a person.

      3 different types of criticism

      1. Jealous…
      2. Born to complaint.. black side of the things…
      3 constructive criticism private.. goodies feedback..

      How to deal with criticism.. 6 ways.. Responds to criticism

      1. Jump up … Opportunities for ignore or thank them for criticism for making improvement.
      2. Think calmly and address them… Good way to acknowledge…
      3. Apologies in public if the feedback is genuine
      4. Not genuine Feedback, u just give them better clarity in calmly.
      5. Never others down. Don’t throw stones .. Buddha story.
      6. Build a team of leaders.

      Dealings with criticism part of the game…

      Gratitude to you and More power to you sidz….
      ????????????????

      #ilhdeepleaner #youcancoach

      Thank u…!!!

    • Meera

      You cannot grow your Brand without being criticized and mocked. Don’t live life on the basis of what others think.

      5 levels of criticism that you may face online

      Social media comments – Ignore; Don’t get effected by it. Don’t take it personal, Grow up.
      Customer comments within community – Take the feedback seriously,
      Negative criticism by another influencer – Ignore and bless them if they are try to break you down, if you don’t participate in the battle, you tear them down. If it is genuine take it really seriously, apologies and set right the context.
      Main Stream Media Criticism – We should not get into that level, it has to be seriously looked into.
      Fall in the value system – Entire customer community tear the business down.

      5 reasons why people criticize

      Genuine Feedback
      Envious and Jealous
      Failure – No personal results or result for students
      Blaming nature, Dramatic.
      Direct competitors – market share mindset

      10 reasons why you attract criticism into your business and life

      If you are not building your business on strong values – Monkey mind keep jumping
      Not clear with your communication – More clear and transparent your are, things would be clear
      There is no success rates from your efforts
      Not consistent in your message and mission
      You think about criticism and negative feedback – Think positive – What you focus on expand
      Your product need to improve
      You are not practicing what you teach – you need to have the skill, aptitude and attitude
      You are not processing your emotions
      Your priorities are not right – It should be 1 .Mission -) 2. community -) 3. Me
      Genuinely you need to improve as a person – Hurt people, hurt people – work and make peace with self. Acknowledge, accept and work on your flaws.

      3 types of critiques

      Two types of people – Bees and flies – Bees irrespective of all bad around, will find flower and nectar and Flies how much of good around, will go to the poo.

      Jealous and Envious
      Blamers and Complainers
      Genuine and good hearted people with right mindset.
      Some of the best critics, give constructive criticism in private and praise in public.

      6 best ways to deal with negative feedback

      Grow or Ignore : Respond – Ability to respond – Responsibility.

      Business is build on Criticisms and feedback, brick by brick. Use it wisely
      Think calmly and address the situation. When your intelligence is high, emotion should be down. When you get triggered and the emotion is not in control.
      Keep aside Ego and take action.
      Give better clarity with logic and numbers
      Never bash any other person down. Even those who tarnish you. Give logic and numbers. When you throw negativity, it will come back to you. Buddha Story
      Build a team of Leaders

      The best way to grow your business in spite of criticism

      Keep asking how can I help you. It is part of the game. Keep moving forward, face it , overcome it.

      Thank you for the amazing talk. More power to you Sid.#IHLDeepLearner

    • Vinitha J

      Very Very Awesome n Need Of The Hr Sidz, Thank U For Throwing Light On This Topic
      # 5 Levels Of Criticism
      1. Social Media Comments
      2. Customer Comments Within Your Community – This Has To be Dealt Seriously And To Be Resolved
      3. Criticism From Competitors – If Your Mistake accept Publicly Else Don’t Participate In It -That Itself its a Failure To Them- Silence Speaks More Powerfully
      4. Main Stream Media Criticism
      5. Never Ever Let Customer Community Teared Up

      # Why People Criticize
      1. If Its A Genuine Feedback Accept It
      2. People With Envious and Jealous Nature criticize- Bless Them
      3. Jobless People
      4. People Taking Action But Not Getting Personal Results And Also Student Results
      5 People With Scarcity Mindset

      #10 Reasons Why You Attract
      1. If You Don’t Built Your Products On Strong Values
      2. Absence Of Clear Message To Students
      3. If You Don’t Get Results
      4. If You are Not Consistent In Your Message
      5. Attract Criticize By Thinking More About It
      6. Products To Be Improved
      7. Not Practicing What You Preach
      8. Passing Down The Low Energy In Your Course, Work On Yourself Then Record It
      9. Prioritize Your Values, Mission First, Community Second, Me Third
      10. Genuinely Need To Improve Yourself

      #3 Types Of Critiques
      1. Envious And Jealous
      2. Blamers and Complainants
      These Two Categories Must Be Ignored For Self Betterment
      3. Constructive Criticism
      This Has To Be Looked Upon To Improve Oneself.

      #6 Ways To Deal With Negative Feedback
      1. Get Excited Either To Broke Or To Ignore
      2. Think And Address It, Don’t Get Emotional
      3. If The Feedback Is Genuine Accept It Publicly
      4. Give Them The Better Clarity By giving Logical Numbers
      5. Never Bash Anybody “When You Accept, You Get Triggered”
      6. Build A Team Of Leaders Who Will Correct You Personally

      “HOW CAN I HELP YOU”
      Has Served To Know More And To Improvise Myself

      FACE IT, FIX IT AND MOVE FORWARD
      CREATE AN IMPACT IN PEOPLE’S LIFE..

      #ilhdeeplearner #youcancoach

    • Sudhir Nagle

      You cannot grow your ground without criticism
      Law of magnetism
      Influence building
      Your talent knowledge is required for those people you are aligned with you
      As long as your value system is maintained
      5 level of criticism:
      1) Social media comments outside your community(randomly coming then just ignore it)…grow up and not to take it personally
      2) Customer comments within your community: That feedback needs to be taken seriously – as it could be miscommunication or mis expectation(open group of paid customer)need to set expectation before they join you
      3) A. Negative criticism by some influencer – who that person is – ignore them and bless them and best approach is not to get back(not to participate in the battle)
      B. If you have done something if that influencer – in that case you need to openly apologize and take it seriously
      4) Mainstream media that takes your communication and make a mountain of
      5) A mentor who is makes very poor decision and entire customer community tears it down
      Genuine feedback: Which you did not do that you had promised in the beginning
      Envious and jealous
      Some people who have nothing else to do and love melodrama
      Who are not getting results for them or their results in spite of the knowledge as they are not getting sales
      Direct competitors(scarcity mindset) – we are living in abundant world and the market is so huge: Who you are as a person and how
      You will get more criticism if you are not really delivering
      Where the universe or world is prompted
      1) If you are not building business on strong values : Code of honor
      2) Transparent in communication with your students and building trust
      3) Not getting result from your students(success rate in industry is very less to be fair enough)
      Measurement of success is quite high
      4) Consistency in your message is the need of the hour
      5) Attracting criticism but thinking more about it
      6) Products or service need to improve(not upto the mark)
      7) You are not practicing what you teach – you have the skills and knowledge and the aptitude
      8) May be your are not processing your emotions – be authentic and real
      9) May be your priorities are not right(Mission first Community second and me third)
      10) Genuinely we need to improve as a person – make peace with yourself and I have long way to go know and accept your flaws
      Diamond member: Different hives and different groups as you will be surrounded by people and group where you will never fail

      Types of critiques:
      1) Jealous and envious
      2) Blamers and complainers
      Bee mindset people are able to attract lot of positivity
      Fly mentality people – who look at negative part
      3) Genuine and good hearted people who are like gem of people (plays in public but give criticism in private)
      How to deal with criticism and how to respond to it:
      Jump up and excited as it’s an opportunity for you to grow or ignore – if someone throws brick make a house of bricks
      10x value in investment
      Think firmly and calmly and acknowledge and do not get emotional
      For genuine feedback apologize in public and do not make the mistake
      When the feedback is not genuine in a calmer way give them clarity with numbers
      You are not getting emotionally triggered
      Never bash any other person down even if someone is tarnishing your image
      You throwing a charge of negativity is going to hurt you more than anyone else
      Business are built are not strong value system and mistakes are bound to happen but be brave enough to accept
      Build a team of leaders that will act as your force field sand who keep you in check.
      Create an impact by helping other make a lasting impression….Many thanks for such a nice podcast

    • Sumesh Chhabria

      #ILHDeepLearner

      #YOUCANCOACH

      I have experienced this negative criticism also as i was working in toxic corporate working culture in a job before Covid19 in MNC (in USA) in Mumbai and so i am good in handling them with my Silence and Gratitude and never letting them affect me.

      Categories of People Criticize –

      1. You are not practicing what you preach.
      2. Genuine Feedback
      3. Not Getting Results, Be consistent
      4. Having Code of Honor is very important, our products need to improve
      5. Only 20 percent is the success ratio
      6 Process your Emotions.
      7. Mission first, Community Second and Me Third.
      8. Process your own Emotions.
      9. Three types of Critics :- Jealous and Blamers, Complainers, Genuine and Good Heated people
      10. Be excited or ignore them for their feedback
      11.. Dont be Emotional, Always think calmly and address the situation without trying to justify.
      12. If the feedback is genuine, be free to apologize in public. Calmly respond without reacting if the
      feedback is not genuine. Wish them good always without throwing negativity.

    • Jose Mathew

      This is a wonderful message and there is no room left for criticism. Your role is really enlarged and believe we could also follow the teachings in our respective areas and work well.
      Thankyou very much

    • Madhusudhan.P

      #ilhdeeplearner

      5 levels of criticism that you may face online

      1. Social media comments about you outside your paid community. The best way is to ignore
      2. Customer comments within the community (paid customers). This comment needs to be taken seriously, it could be wrong communication or wrong expectation.
      3. Negative criticism by some other influencer, ignore if its not true but take it seriously if it points to some gap then take action.
      4. Main stream media criticism should be taken seriously and is the one you should never get into
      5. Customer community tearing your business down. You should never ever get into.

      5 reasons why people criticize

      1. Genuine feedback (pointing to some shortcoming etc.)
      2. Envious and jealous people criticize, where we cannot do much
      3. People who do not have any work
      4. People inspite of having knowledge are not getting results for themselves or their students
      5. Direct competitors who cater to similar kind of audience. Market share mindset.

      10 reasons why you attract criticism into your business and life

      1. Not building business on strong values (code of honour – will protect you from you)
      2. Not clear with your communication or non transparent
      3. Not getting results for your students
      4. Not being consistent in your message and in your mission
      5. You attract negative criticism by thinking about it (what you focus on expands)
      6. If your product or service is not up to the mark
      7. Not practicing what you preach
      8. When you are not processing your emotion it will tend to come back
      9. Priorities not being right (Mission first, Community second & you third right approach)
      10. Start to work on yourself make peace with yourself. Hurt people, hurt people

      3 types of critiques

      1. Jealous and envious
      2. Blamers and complainers (2 types of people like the bumble bee and fly. Bumble bee looks out for that one flower in the midst of the garbage and fly looks out for that piece of garbage in the midst of a beautiful garden).
      3. Genuine and good hearted people who give constructive criticism. Keep them in your close circle.

      6 best ways to deal with negative feedback

      1. Jump up and be excited
      2. Think calmly and address the situation without trying to justify (When emotions are high intelligence is low)
      3. If the feedback is genuine apologize in public
      4. If the feedback is not genuine reply calmly with some numbers and logic
      5. Never bash any person down
      6. Build a team of leaders that will act as your force field

    • Archana Pal

      Thanks for your words sidz… God Bless

    • janardan Kar

      #ilhfamily#ilhdeeplearner

      HOW TO DEAL WITH CRITICISM 29.11.21

      It is part of the game. Do something and no one will speak against it, may not happen.
      5types-1. social media comment-random, they don’t know what are you doing 2. your group member/paid customer-it is feedback to be taken seriously and analyze and remove the causes 3. from influencer – see through the reasons, if it is malaise, ignore it. if he is a serious value-based influencer then take it seriously and course-correct the situation. 4. mainstream media – go into the thing and take it seriously and initiate corrective action 5. from your community on a large scale -a very serious one – preventive measure to be taken on a consulting approach.

      why?.
      genuine feedback.
      enviousness/jealously.
      dramatist/useless idle type
      people who blame their own failure on the mentor/
      the knowledge they have but not getting personal results may be due to poor implementation of the systems.
      direct competitors- their insecurity of competition/scarcity mindset

      one getting it may be because of:
      karmic theory- past karma
      not having a strong value system.
      lack of transparent communication to members
      result not coming -measurement of success-qualifying requirement
      inconsistency in a message to market.
      product quality is low/ not improving with consistently
      not practising what one teaches.
      emotional hangup-gap
      mission first, community second, you are the last- principle/priority not applied

      3 types of critiques:
      1jealous, envious
      2negative personality(Bee vs. Fly)
      3Serious and genuine- well-wishers- praise in public but constructive criticism in private

      How to deal with them.
      1. Get excited – you are getting noticed.
      2 Action.-if genuine, publicly apologize. if not, explain things logically with a cool temper and remain calm.
      3. when one doesn’t get triggered by negative criticism-it goes back to the source.
      4. Building a leadership group will work out as protective layers around you.

      To sum up – Criticism is part and parcel of life. One need not get emotional about it. Emotion sucks up intelligence. They need to be analyzed – why is it coming and from whom?. If it is constructive and from genuine people – apologize and take necessary corrective actions appropriately as the need is on the basis of the current situation.

    • Renuka S.

      Handling criticism while growing and building a brand online.

      Regarding criticism, we have a control to some extent to reply back immediately in the offline world, whenever we want also number of critics could be less . But while in the online business, the whole world is open and hence more and more possibility of criticism.

      Generally we love to be appreciated only on our bright side and want others to ignore our dark side or to be criticised by others on any of post, videos etc. But when they give a comment , it’s only from their point of view. So it’s very important to understand and handle such criticism in the right way.

      some of top 5 levels of criticism one can face online and their answers

      Level 1 : Basic level of criticism is Social Media comments about you outside your paid community comments On Facebook or Instagram not good about you.
      Solution : Not to take personally instead IGNORE THEM.
      Level 2 : Newly Paid Customers comments within the Community.
      Solution : Need to take it as serious feedback, and fix it .Try to understand as to where there’s a communication gap, either the right intention or the path is not set clear or misexpectation on their side.
      Level 3: Comments from other influencers or marketer which is not true. specially competitors where their intention might be to pull you down and your brand or image..
      Sol : Just ignore them and bless them without reacting. But if their intention is to bring your mistake infront of world which is genuine then accept it also apologize if needed.
      Level 4 : one should be very cautious while in communication and not to get into any type of main stream media criticism.
      Sol: If it happens then sort it immediately.
      Level 5: if an Individual works with own value system also surrounded with people not giving the right advice than such Business is not going to survive in long run with a very sad end
      Advice : Should not happen to anyone.

      5 reasons why people criticise

      1. Genuine feedback :
      Intention is to give genuine feedback for the betterment of the community.
      2. Envyous and jealous people feedback :
      They want to pull down others success by giving logical negative comments.
      3. Jobless People : Just to show their presence and to become point of attraction on social media they just hang around by criticising others.
      4. Skilled and knowledgeable people : but not having Success oriented results in own business or students, blaming others becomes their excuses.
      5. Direct Compitiors : Trying to grab Market attention thinking narrow or at shallow

      10 reasons why you attract criticism into your

      These could be the Root causes why you being critisied.

      1)where Business not being built on strong values So Code of honour plays a very important role also it protects you from yourself.

      2) Not clear in your communication with your students also not transparent eg. Offer, training, special deal, Maintain trust in closing of deal.

      3) Lack of Success Stories from your students. Success rate of results is very very small, only 5% to 10 % at every Level students actually take action. Measurement of Success is also important.

      4) Not being Consistent in your statement
      Inconsistent in messageing and mission.
      So Be committed to one mission and one messages.

      5) You attract more of criticism by thinking of of it. What you focus on expands.

      6) your products or services need to be improved, should be upto the mark.

      7) Knowledge that is shared need to be applied by you first and then expect other to impliment, make sure to have skills set, knowledge and aptitude for it.

      8) when not able to proceess your emotions due to some mental friction in your mind, will start to come back so need to be more authentic. Here personal Development is crucial.
      “The more you work on yourself the more impact you can make in the World” Sidz from “You Can Coach”

      9) Prioritise are not set Right.Like Mission first, Community second and Me third. After you working more on youself and gain clarity on your Goals and Visions then you need to set priorities. The true magic of Success will Start growing and making things tangibly visible.

      10) genuinely u may need to improve your Self as a person if you are not growing. As in above point 8 and 9.

      3 types of critiques
      1. Jealous and envyous
      2. Blammers and Complainers
      3. Genuine and good hearted people
      who Praise in public but always give constructive criticism in private having right Mindset.

      6 best ways to deal with negative feedback

      1. Either get excited or ignore on any comments you get on social media. Acknowledge and thank genuine feedback.
      2.Think calmly and address the situation without trying to justify in genuine case.
      3.if any miscommunication then apologize and if the feedback is not in genuine then answer them in calm way using logic and numbers

      4. Never Bash anybody down

      6. Build a team of leaders to be alway with you.

      Awesome! The clear, precise and strong way on how to handle Criticism.
      Thank You soo much Siddharth for sharing these golden Nuggets.

      #ilhdeeplearner
      #youcancoach

      • Siddharth Rajsekar

        Awesome, Great Insights! ! I’m glad you found this learning journey valuable.

    • Balaji Gorantla

      My takeaways:
      1) Criticism is inevitable
      2) Criticism from your paid customers is worth considering and need to be addressed appropriately
      3) Negative criticism – consider from whom is it coming and if it is true
      4) As you grow – Be careful on your mainstream communication
      To Dos
      1) Build business on strong principles and values – code of honour
      2) Be clear on your communication to generate trust
      3) Be consistent in your messaging
      4) Have your products up to the mark
      5) Preach only what you follow
      6) Get more authentic
      7) Get your priorities right
      8) Keep working on yourself to get more positive results from around
      9) Do not keep thinking on criticism to avoid attracting that
      10) Praise in public – criticise in private

      How to handle criticism
      1) Do not get emotional
      2) Apologise in public if feedback is genuine
      3) For students – review their actions and then speak
      4) Never bash any other person. Present your logic with data
      5) Build a team of leaders who will be your firewall

      Wonderful refresher Sidz. I can see you living each of what you said in this podcast. Blessed to have your satsang!

    • mahesh

      It is really amazing to see how criticism affects our internally and externally also. I had gone an emotional journey, where I was very much affected by the criticism but then when I joined Sidz. I really understand what exactly is this all about. thank you for creating this podcast as well

    • Prem

      1. You cant grow your brand without any criticism. You will get both positive and negative. Levels are
      a) Social media comments
      b) Customer comments (need to look at it)
      c) Influencer tears you down, maybe competitor / if its a real incident take action
      d) Main stream media (really need to look at you deliverible)
      e) Community takes you down

      2. Reasons Why people criticise
      – Jealous or envious
      – Drama queens, just like to play to fill time
      – Failed to get results from your program
      – Direct competitors
      – Genuine Feedback

      3. Why you attract it
      – Not building on stroing values (code of honor)
      – No transparency with your students
      – Not getting consistent results
      – No consistent message
      – Product needs improvment
      – Not practising what you preach
      – Bringing in negative energy into your call
      – Mission First, community then me
      – Need to improve as a person

      How to deal with it
      – When you see it get excited, opportunity to grow
      – ignore the jokers
      – Try to stay within emmotion
      – Apologise for genuine feedback
      – Revert the critic if you have success stas
      – Dont do character bashing
      – Build a team of members that strengthen your mission

    • M V Rajeshwara Rao

      Very important message it is. It is about criticisms.

      5 levels of criricisms
      1. Social media criticism – Ignore it while being cautious and remindful of
      it and
      continue on the path of your growth without gettting unduely affected.
      2. Customer feedback – Genuine feedback from customers – Take it
      seriously; consider attending to it by reviewing the process offered and
      if need be take corrective steps or make changes to the satisfaction of
      the customer.
      3. Negative criticism by some influencer: Ignore them; if something
      is good accept it and see if we can improve upon it.
      4. Mainstream Media Criticism: It is serious; take care; pour all your
      commitment into it and come out chnaged and successful person.
      5. Criticism from community tear down: This shouln’t have happened. It is
      a esson to you.

      Why do people criticise? 5 Reasons
      1. Genuine Feedback: Good for you; take cues from the feedback and improve.
      2. Envious people’s criticism: Criticism out of jealousy.
      3. No goodder’s criticism: No work
      4. Blamers: Not getting results; frustrated at their failure.
      5. Direct competitors: Want to pull you down. That is a lesson and ward it
      off by analysing the crticism and attending to the citicism positively.

      Why do we attract criticism? 10 reasons and lessons to learn
      1. When our business is not built on principles. Code of Honor is essential
      to build business on. Very, very important. Continuos review of it is
      required as you grow. It is a strong foundation.
      2. Communication is not clear. People have to get clear
      communmication. Any business is business of communication in its
      innate nature. So communciation has to be clear, precise. Brevity is
      also importnat.
      3. Lack of success:
      4. Not consistent in your messaging. This is dangerous. Definteness of
      purpose may be missing, hence inconsistency in messaging.
      5. More you dwell on criticism, more you attract criticism. Crticism is part
      of life.
      6. Product/service/experience quality: You offer a product or a service or
      something that offers experience. If this is not good and doesn’t mee
      the expectations of the customer, he is bound to criticise. You job is to
      improve it.
      7. Not practicing what you preach. Dangerous trend and mindset.
      Overhaul yourself first. Can’t build a house on a sandy soil. So is the
      business.
      8. Not processing emotions or controlling emotions.
      9. Priorities are not right: Mission first, community second and then comes
      the “Me”. Keep this always under focus. Be diligent not to waver from
      this.
      10. Continuous improvement is needed, if not criticisms arise.

      3 types of critiques
      1. Jealous and envious persons, perhaps for lack success in themselves
      and reflect it negatively by criticising the successful people and while
      suffering failures – a result of reactivity.
      2. Blamers/complainers: They are negativity people. There are two kinds
      of people. Bees and flies. However bad is the surroundings, the bees
      select the better part of the surroundings, while flies always go and
      sit on dirty things leaving all the good things. That is their nature. Bees
      search for flowers in the midst of junk. Blamers are by nature are like
      flies, have bad mindset.
      3. Genuine critiques: They are good natured. Their comments are good-
      intentioned. Their feedback is construcutve. We should cultivate them.
      Their association is good for us.

      6 ways to process or respond to criticism
      1. Jump at criticism and get excited aboutt hem. It is an opportunity to
      improve.
      2. Think firmly and calmly; don’t get emotional. Think high and emotions
      low.
      3. Genuine feedback: Applogise in public. We should consider them as
      good for our development and progress. Drop the ego. Energy rises in
      the group.
      4. Not genuine feedback: Respond to it calmly. Give them clear message.
      Guide them with genuine interest in them.
      5. Never bash the critiques. Take it rather positively. If on the other hand, if
      you react and reply back in simialr negative manner, you are going
      down. Your development is weakening.
      6. Build a team of leaders: They are your force multiplier.

    • Inder Jeet Singh ubhi

      My take a ways
      This is a wonderful message and there is no room left for criticism. Your role is really enlarged and believe. We could also follow the teachings in our respective field and work well.
      * You cannot grow your brand without being criticise
      * It is part of the game .Do something and no one will speak against it, may be happen.
      * Community customer
      This should never happen with anybody.
      * You cannot have magnet without two pole negative and positive
      5 Different level of criticism
      Social media comment
      * Negative comment just ignore it do not take anything personal.
      Comment inside your community
      Got to take that feedback seriously. Communication is important factor between the two individuals.. May be you misunderstood your offering or you did not set the intention upfront in a right way.
      * Big influencer said something about you. If he is right in any way and he is true about your mistake take it, accept it seriously and appolize openly and work towards it and try to improved it.
      * Someone in you dominate and try to make you feel down about you and your work.
      * Entire customer community tears the business down, because of some problem .
      Why people criticise
      People born to complain black side of things.
      First They are trying to give genuine feedback ,what they felt about your product / Service provement
      Secondly Just because of jealously and due to they don’t able to reach and stand in comparison of you.
      Third They don’t have anything else to do, they want to create drama and love it doing so.
      Fourth People who have blaming nature and environment, because they have all the skills and knowledge but they didn’t have result for themselves and for the community and audience.
      if somebody comes with problem
      First I listen carefully and genuinely ask them, how I can help them.?
      Second I have support community who answer all of their questions raised by them.
      Third If I cannot solve the problem I refund them
      * There is no concept of market share
      Market is hung for the talent people. People who wants to help the community.
      Why you are getting criticise
      * Genuine feedback
      Gap between what you promise and what you do.
      * Dramictic critism
      * Genuine you need to inspire as a person who critize you.
      * If you are not really delivery value to the community.
      * Not clear with your knowledge and offering and communication. Strong value for the community. Strong code of honor important.
      * Transpercency in your student.
      * The more you think about criticism, the more you get.
      * You are not getting result for your student in the community, even the success rate is 4 -5 % .
      * You are not getting consistent result for your student.
      * May be you are not consistent with your message, mission and vision.
      * May be your product need to improve
      * You are not practicing what you peach.
      * May be you aren’t processing Your Own emotion. Whatever negative thoughts, you have inside your mind, will start to come outside.
      * Mission first, community second and me third, follow this mantra,
      * May be your priority is not right and need to updated.
      * May you get to improve yourself first, Make peace with yourself. Work on your negative experience and flow accept it and work towards it.
      Types of criticism
      Blamer , Complainer, Jealous, Good hearted – Genuine feedback giver regarding improvement of product / service. They give constructive criticisms in private and praise in public.
      * If you are not building your business on strong value. Monkey mind keep jumping.
      There are no success rates from your effort.
      * You think about critism and negative feedback. Think positive what you focus on expend.
      * You are not practicing in not you teach. You need to have the skill, appetite and attitude.
      * Generally you need to improve as a person hurt people, hurt people work and make peace will self knowledge. Accept and work on your flows .
      * Mainstream Media that takes your communities and make a mountain.
      * A mentor who makes very poor decision and entire customer community tear it down.
      * We are living in abundant world and the market is so hung, who you are as a person and how you will get more critism. If you are not delivering where the universe or world is prompted.
      * You throwing a charge of negativity is going to hurt you more than anyone else.
      How to deal with it
      * Get jumped off and excite about it, because it’s opportunity to grow. Think calmly and response with positive attitude. Address situation and acknowledge it.
      * Don’t get into emotionally change people should not get angry and not triggered by emotion. If you are wrong then apologies in public openly. It takes a lot of guts feeling. If feedback is not genuine, then responded back with logic and number make them understand. They have not gone through complete course and understand the concept fully and not implemented it.There is always room for improvement if the person have right intention.
      * You never base down other people, say them more power to them, saying negative thoughts will suck your energy, don’t accept their negative comments.
      * I am human and I can do mistake. Mistake is the nature of human, who try to complete the task in hand and I will applize for that mistake if it happen.
      Most important : Build a leaders who support pillar. Always active and giving solution to the community.
      * Business are built on strong value system and mistakes are bound to happen but be brave enough to accept.
      * Build a team of leaders that will act as your force field sand who keep you in check.
      Create an impact by helping others make a lasting impression.
      #ILH deep learner
      #ILH society
      #You can coach
      #Siddartheajshekar

    • Manoj sanghvi

      How to deal with criticism in your business?
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

      You can not grow your brand without criticism. Magnet proper is to attract as well as Repel.
      Criticism is part of game .. it is all about how you deal with it.

      5 different levels of criticism
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      *1. social media comments out of your community
      => ignoring is best way .. You need to start growing up 🙂
      *2. customer comments within your community
      => take it seriously … Definitely misexpectation from their side or miscommunication from your side
      *3. negative review by other influencer
      => If they are competitors .. just ignore and bless them 🙂
      => if guinine, then take it seriously. Dont hesitate to apologize if really needed
      *4. main stream media criticism
      => take it super seriously, and sort it out
      *5. Complete customer community tear out.
      => This should never happen with anybody

      5 reason people criticise
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      ^1- Guinine Feedback
      – gap between what you promise and what you do
      ^2- Jealous Emotional Feedback
      – ignore it
      ^3- Dramatic Criticism
      ^4- not getting results due to some problem in your implementations
      ^5- competitor’s criticism
      10 RCA points for you to do
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      %1. not having strong values .. Dont have COH
      %2. You are not transperent in communication with your students
      %3. consistenent results for your students
      %4. consistent messaging
      %5. think more about criticism
      %6. Your products is not upto the mark, it needs improvement
      %7. You have personal friction in your personal life
      %8. emotions not controlled
      %9. priorities are not right … mission first, community second and me third
      %10. Geninely you need to improve as a person
      3 types of critics
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~
      #1. Jwelous and envyous
      #2. People born to complain
      #3. Guinine and good hearted people who are your well wishers
      6 ideas to respond to criticism
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      @1=>jumped off and excited
      @2=> think calmly and address without justifying .. dont get triggered due to emotions
      @3 =>Miss communication …apologize
      @4 =>analyse and respond calmly …
      @5 => never bash anybody down ..always wish them good
      @6 => Build team of leaders .. they will work as checks for you…

    • Sumesh Chhabria

      Criticisms –

      1. Customer Comments on Social Media Platforms so always be clear in your communication.
      3. Negative Criticism by some Influencer.
      4. Genuinely if influencer put in our comments we have to take seriously.
      5. Mainstream Media Loop.
      6. Complete Customer Teardown.
      7. Direct Competitors having market share mindset.
      8. Some people are born to Complain everytime.

    • Debasmita Basu

      Thank you Siddharth , for sharing

      How to handle complaint that goes too far
      As lengthy because the grievance is supposed to help you improve, it can be useful and optimistic. However, if the individual turning in the phrases is the use of them to be demeaning and insulting, it’s now not constructive complaint. Some examples of this behavior are private assaults or blaming you for some thing that isn’t always within your manage.

      The distinction between constructive criticism and bullying may be tough to see. Constructive grievance is supposed to assist someone enhance a few component in their existence. This is the only purpose for the critique. Bullying, however, is intended to humiliate a person or harm their popularity. The bully wants to belittle or discredit you in front of others. The bully has no goal of supporting you enhance in any way.

      Understand that bullying is a type of abuse, and it shares 3 characteristics not unusual to each sort of abusive scenario:

      It entails a electricity imbalance. In the place of business, your boss can be harassing or abusing you via criticism of your performance.
      It is repetitive. The bullying behavior is geared toward the identical person time and again.
      It is intentional. Bullying entails threats that the goal believes the bully is able to wearing out. The goal of bullying is to damage the target in a few manner.
      If you’re experiencing this stuff in the place of job, you have to not tolerate such behavior. Document everything each time a bullying incident happens, inclusive of the date and time and any witnesses. Contact your human resources department or follow some thing protocol your corporation has set forth for submitting a criticism. If your coworkers had been victims of the identical bully, do not forget making a joint grievance in order that management understands the scope of the problem.

      Handling criticism at work would possibly by no means be fun. However, it is possible to learn to make the best of it. Listen cautiously and develop a plan for improvement primarily based on what you pay attention. Do not take criticism in my opinion, but see each interaction as an possibility to grow as a professional. If you can bear in mind and observe these tips, you can find the route to in addition growth and success to your profession starts with a phrase of positive complaint.

    • Rakshitha CV

      Thank you sir for this conversation because I really felt like you are in front of me and talking to me this why u haven’t got results and u need to change this. Though I have analyze myself I felt like u talked to me like every time you do in Hackathon for some sentence you speak.
      Sticking on to one message and being in consistent with that will helps to get to grow this what buld on for me.
      And i have recalled so many things happened in my life and getting so much clarity for that

    • Janardan Kar

      #ilhfamily #ilhdeeplearner

      Criticism is not bad. It depends upon who makes it and why.
      If I do not apply my judgement, but reflect coolly it will help me improve myself. Above all it will not affect my mind, which is more important.
      People give negative feedbacks for five different reasons:
      1 Genuine- they are telling the truth. Mirroring facts- Accept and correct.
      2. Their perspectives are different- just ignore.
      3. Competitors with jealousy, greed- be careful and avoid. Actually, there is enough for everybody, but insufficient to satisfy greed.
      5. Lazy with negative-minded people- Ignore their comments. Avoid.
      6.People not getting the result, in spite of knowledge- Help them.
      People are different in their mental make-up and personalities and will differ with you in many aspects. That is natural, so not to be perturbed with negative feedback. Analyze and filter and use to improve. Personal strong positive values will protect from negativity.

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