Marshall Goldsmith Quotes

I don't care if people I admire criticize me because their opinion is valuable to me.

Some people, when they get criticism, they shy away from it.

You have to accept the criticism but you also have to consider how much of what is said and written is actually true.

Criticism only hurts when there's some truth in it.

Everyone has their opinion, and if no one criticizes, how will I improve my work?

I take constructive criticism really well.

When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody's bothering to tell you anymore, that's a very bad place to be. Your critics are the ones telling you they still love you and care.

I learn something from criticism because when it comes from sources you respect you always examine it and learn.

Every time I'd get a critique or some redirection, I'd always just take it very personally. Now I have no problem with it.

To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

One of the things I've learned is to be receptive of feedback.

No one is perfect, and criticism is always welcome and expected.

If you want to be honest with yourself, you have to take criticism, even if you attract adverse comments from others.

I've read some pretty harsh criticisms of my music, but some of them I agreed with and actually sat with me.

You have days where you're trying to be your best, and you say something, and you see it being written in three different places and in a way that you didn't mean for it to be interpreted. But you just try to do your best. You kind of just have to let everything else roll off your back.

I have to accept constructive criticism.

I am not afraid to ask for feedback on my work or appearance, and try to never take that advice personally.

If you take everything personally and to heart, it will tear you apart. Take criticism, learn, adjust, and move on.

The problem is most people in the world can't take criticism.

If a coach comes to me and says you've done something bad I'm going to take that advice.

If I can understand criticism, I take it very seriously. But it's a process; it doesn't happen overnight.

I had someone tell me I fell off, ooh I needed that.

If you feel compelled to respond every time you're criticized it reveals just how much you've built your identity on being right.

Thank everyone who calls out your faults, your anger, your impatience, your egotism; do this consciously, voluntarily.

The natural response to evaluation is to feel judged. We have to mature to a place where we respond to it with gratitude, and love feedback.