Cognitive Performance

How I Embrace Negative Criticism and What You Can Learn from My Decades of Experience.

This may seem counterintuitive, but it can be a highly effective growth strategy in any profession and is particularly valuable for writers, entrepreneurs, and inventors.

Dr Mehmet Yildiz (Main)
EUPHORIA
Published in
13 min readJan 11, 2023

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Negative criticism is a double-edged sword. If done correctly, it can increase your creativity and productivity. If performed incorrectly, it can harm your mental health. But finding the right balance is possible.

My goal is to provide step-by-step instructions to guide and assist you in effectively handling and benefiting from negative criticism leveraging my decades of experience as a scientist, inventor, writer, and entrepreneur.

Negative feedback can be challenging to receive, as I explain in the next section, but it offers valuable information that can help you improve your performance and achieve your goals.

On the one hand, when received and handled correctly, negative feedback can provide valuable insights, helping to connect with others, and ultimately leading to increased creativity and productivity.

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Dr Mehmet Yildiz (Main)
EUPHORIA

Scientist, Technologist, Inventor, focusing on HEALTH and JOY. Founder of ILLUMINATION, curating key messages for society. Connection: https://digitalmehmet.com