Feedback of any kind is an invaluable mirror. If we're fortunate, we grew up surrounded by a lot of mirrors -- and they reflected important truths that we might have otherwise ignored.
The older we get and the farther we move 'up'...the more those mirrors tend to get tossed in a closet.
Unhealthy things start to happen...continue reading.
- John Ryan
Remind yourself...feedback is an invaluable mirror. Remind yourself.
If you don't, you might not work through the feedback you receive and reject it, with a number of justifications for doing so. You might quit at points along the way and reach conclusions about yourself, not to mention others, with phrases like...
