Hey dude! What a great article.. this is the stuff i have been missing on Steemit lately.. stupid work! :D

Really well written man.. I love it!

I personally always keep to myself in search of criticism first.. Especially when it comes to work and study.. What do I like or dislike about it.. what couldve been done better.. when I established that for myself i feel free to ask what others think..

I have also learned to not take everyones critique or opinion for the same value. .. as mean as it sounds :D
If someone who clearly has a lesser understanding of a certain subject or is not on the same level.. I will not weigh that critique the same as an equal or from someone that is on a much higher level..

Though even that person that I consider to be 'further'/higher can still be wrong in my eyes.

Other than that.. a rule i usually go by is.. be uncomfortable..
It sounds so lame but i hope you understand what i mean.

When you study.. dont do the same stuff always.. when you work.. dont make everything in the same style.. mix it up,, learn,, look, observe, reproduce, change, adapt all that stuff that makes you think twice before you put a stroke down helps you so much in getting better and developing yourself as an artist.. as well as a person.

That whole approach you take on your work will leak into the way you make decisions in your personal life too.. which.. if it makes you grow an artist.. it might also grow you as a person :D

--/ end life lessons!

Cheers !