As a founder who's faced his fair share of public criticism, I used to share this sentiment. However, over the years, I've learned that facing critics and doin

As a founder who's faced his fair share of public criticism, I used to share this sentiment. However, over the years, I've learned that facing critics and doing impactful work goes hand in hand. Put another way, if you don't have critics, you're likely not doing anything very impactful. In my experience, the key to maintaining equanimity in the face of harsh criticism is to: 1) Have a strongly held mission and set of core values. Commit to this mission/core values regardless of what anyone says. 2) Recognize that it's sort of funny how pretty much any action can and will be twisted and criticized by critics online. There was an article a few months back about Bezos dedicating $10B to fighting climate change, and the entire comment section was negative. Lol!