Creativity coach and therapist Eric Maisel, PhD is author of many books, including Coaching the Artist Within; A Life in the Arts; Fearless Creating; Ten Zen Seconds, and The Van Gogh Blues. His latest title is Brainstorm: Harnessing the Power of Productive Obsessions
The first key to handling criticism is the existential key. Until you
decide that your path in life matters, that it is ultimately your
responsibility to live by your cherished principles, and that you and
only you can create a life worth living, you will have insufficient
motivation to put criticism in its place.