Simon Sinek argues your worth as a person has nothing to do with how well you perform at work. He describes getting torn apart on a PowerPoint seven times by a tough colleague, each revision teaching him something new, until they became close friends.
Your value is not tied to your work, so you have to learn to separate those two. I'll give you a real life example. Early in my career, I was assigned to work with somebody who I'd never worked with before, and he had a reputation of being, let's call him tough. So I went and wrote a PowerPoint presentation, and I brought it to him, and he went through it with a red pen. And I thought it was pretty good work, but it was brutal. So I went back to my desk and I did it again, Gave it to him, and he went through it again. Brutal. By about the fourth time, I was sort of weirdly having fun. I said, come on, it's not as bad as you're making it out to be. But I had a sense of humor about it. Net. Net. I did seven rounds until I finally got it right. But the point is, I never confused that he didn't like my first few rounds with my value. I was learning how to write a pitch, and so it ended up being a fantastic education. I actually formed a fantastic relationship with him. So bring a great attitude when you get harsh advice and just keep trying again, because sometimes it's.
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