Application 1.4: In your small group, practice changing criticisms to complaints. Think of destructive criticism, maybe that you have used, or that others have used against you, and practice brainstorming about how to change these critical comments to legitimate complaints. Don't be afraid to make the complaints strong and assertive-they need not be soft and wishy-washy. Remember to avoid blame, use I statements, describe instead of judging, and leave the door open for change. Practice transforming criticism into descriptive complaints while remaining honest.

Destructive criticism is a kind of criticism usually made in order to harm someone. It is used normally as a factor of defamation. It is used to hamper some one' reputation

Explanation:

Criticism is a gate way which provides a reader with clarity of thoughts and sometimes criticism can be too harsh that it would ruin the derogate and destroy the self esteem of a person who faces the criticism. No boy likes to be criticized, this is the fact and hence it depends largely on a person on how to react to a destructive criticism.

Analyse the relevance the criticism and decide how to resolve it when you observe that the criticism is relevant. The critic must not be too harsh while criticizing. He must be professional and turn his criticism in to a complaint which would make both the critic and the criticized to focus on the problem and solve it.