A large number of people might argue that
listening to other members’ criticism isn’t
important to succeed in a group project since
everyone’s idea is different. Contrary to popular belief, I think that it is
necessary to handle criticism from other people for the following reasons; to
broaden perspective and to solve problems more
wisely.
First of all, taking criticism from other members is
important because it can broaden people’s perspectives. To be specific,
listening to others’ opinions allows people to better understand better about various sources. They can think about the
ideas that they had never imagined. For example,
Steve Jobs, who is the founder of Apple, made great accomplishments in his
lifetime. I read online that he was very successful because he was
global-minded and culturally sensitive. He did this by accepting criticism from
his co-workers. He always listened carefully to his
workers’ numerous ideas
tried to accept it.
Moreover,
criticism may be helpful to solve problems more wisely. It is hard for one to
find out the solution alone if there is a difficult task. If one listens to
others’ criticism at that time, it would be much
more helpful since one can realize what is his (or her) problem is. For instance, according to the research conducted
by the Korea Ministry of Education, subjects were
divided into two groups; members of the first group listened to criticism from
others, while the ones from the latter group didn’t. The difference was
astonishing. we can see that two groups, accepting criticism or not,
had really big difference in result. Groups The
group whose team members tried to criticize and give
feedback to each other’s behavior in harsh
situations got a good score at the final
presentation since they had a chance to encourage one
another. While groups On the other hand,
the latter group whose team members didn’t criticized each other
didn’t get any motivation and finally got worse a
terrible grade at the final presentation. It tells us that criticizing
is important since everyone needs motivation to do something well and
eventually solve problems more wisely..
In conclusion, I firmly believe that advantages of
accepting criticism from others far outweigh its disadvantages for the reasons
I have mentioned above. All in all, the importance of taking criticism from others
should not be underestimated in order to achieve
success in team projects.