I can get pretty excited about a new idea. That is, until I tell it to a critic.

The humorist Franklin Jones once said, “Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.” So true.

In this week’s episode of the Reinventure Me podcast, my co-host Armin Assadi and I talk about the three things you need to know about rejection and offer four ways you can take the sting out of that next biting criticism or rejection you receive.

We invite you to give our episode How to take the sting out of rejection a listen and leave us your unvarnished praise(!) in our show notes comments or on iTunes or Stitcher Radio.

What are some of ways you’ve found to take the sting out of rejection?