Learn to take criticism on the chin!

You love what you do as an entrepreneur; you love what you are creating; it excites you every day and gets you talking about your business with passion. That’s natural, it’s your baby and you are watching it grow and thrive. But human nature says that not everyone is going to share your passion in equal quantities, and there may also be detractors along the way, critics who just want to say something negative about your approach, your business model, or your products. It’s important to develop a filter that let’s constructive criticism in for the purposes of learning and growing, and let’s the just plain spiteful criticism out. Remember, it’s worth remembering that often such criticism is not always personal, it’s just someone else venting their frustrations in your direction. So acknowledge that you can’t always please everyone, and not everyone will love what you do all the time. Take criticism on the chin, learn from it and move on.