How to Respond to Criticism – Learning from Dr. King

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Total read time (bolded sections) = 5 minutes

Total read time (all) = 40 minutes

I am embarrassed to tell you that, up until three weeks ago, I had never read Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from a Birmingham City Jail. It is, without a doubt, one of the best case studies in how to deal with criticism I've ever come across.

Much like the historic Declaration of Independence (4-minute read time) and Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (30-second read time), not much