Constructive criticism consists of objective feedback given after the completion of a task. "Hypermanaging" consists of interfering and providing feedback--constructive or otherwise--before a task is completed. For example: "You didn't do that right." Reply: "I'm not finished yet." Counterreply: "That's no excuse."

Acceptance of criticism flows from a commitment to do one's best and to achieve the best possible result. "I believe I did this well. If someone can prove it can be better, I'll honor that feedback because I want the best possible result." One block to accepting criticism is a false belief that "I must be perfect." If this false belief were true, then criticism would be intolerable--at least if the criticism pointed out something valid--because improvement is not necessary to an infallible, perfect person.