How to Deal with Negative Comments

Have you ever gotten a negative or just downright rude comment? If you have, you know the feeling you get when you read it - it just sucks the energy straight out of you. And then you have to decide - do I respond? And if so - how? I was recently asked this very question - How do you respond to rude comments? - during the Q&A portion of a live speaking event. Little did the person asking the question know that I had JUST received a negative comment that morning and had to decide if and ho...