Taking criticisms, even when purely constructive, is difficult for everyone, let alone an ambitious professional. Here are five tips for how to better handle the process: Step 1: Change your mentality. In the same way you’d rather know right away when you have something stuck in your teeth, think about professional feedback as an opportunity to correct and improve. Don’t think of it as a painful discussion of what you did wrong, but rather, an opportunity to get on the fast track to success. Read more.