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It’s not hard to see why people don’t want to hear negative feedback. Successful people are incredibly delusional about their achievements.
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We can’t change the past. We can change the future. Negative feedback exists to prove us wrong…
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More than anything, negative feedback shuts us down. We close ranks, turn into our shell, and shut the world out.
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Some of the best feedback comes from what you observe. If you accept it and act on it, it’s no less valid than people telling you the same thing at point-blank range.
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We should be on high alert when we hear ourselves make self-deprecating remarks – because they might be giving us feedback about ourselves.
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Feedback tells us what to change, not how to do it. But when you know what to change, you’re ready to start changing yourself and how people perceive you.
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…while they don’t particularly like hearing criticism (i.e., negative feedback), successful people love getting ideas for the future.
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Unlike feedback, which often introduces a discussion of mistakes and shortfalls, feedforward focuses on solutions, not problems.
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You need feedback to scour the past and identify room for improvement. But you can’t change the past. To change you need to be sharing ideas for the future.
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You have to be careful with feedback. Conducted properly, feedback is not deceptive. It reveals what’s on people’s minds. But it can be misinterpreted… or misread…
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