Showing posts with label Constructive Criticism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Constructive Criticism. Show all posts

Monday, November 29, 2010

How to Receive Feedback

Knowing how to receive feedback is an acquired skill. That’s because it’s natural to become defensive, assign blame or offer excuses for your behavior. When you learn how to respond to constructive criticism the right way, your interactions will look like dialogue instead of arguments…and your relationships will be strengthened in ways you can’t even imagine.



What will you say the next time someone gives you constructive criticism about something you said or did?

“Oh, what a great gift we would have if we could only see ourselves as others see us." - Robert Burns, Scottish poet 
“The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.” - Norman Vincent Peale, American author

“The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.” - Thomas Carlyle, British essayist

“A man needs self-acceptance or he can't live with himself; he needs self-criticism or others can't live with him.” - James A. Pike, American minister