CTL-VIII-0007
“I got some hard feedback and my first reaction was to dismiss it.”
The defensive reaction is automatic — the redirect is a choice. Hard feedback, even when it stings, often carries something useful. The practice is to slow down enough to find it before you discard it.
Your Practice
Wait 24 hours before responding to or acting on hard feedback. Then read it again and ask: is there even 10% of truth in this? If yes, write down what that 10% is and what you'd do with it. You don't have to accept all of it to use some of it.
The Architects
“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”
— Epictetus, Discourses