VIR-I-0018
“I received feedback that was hard to hear, and I didn't get defensive.”
Receiving hard feedback without defensiveness is a form of honesty, you're letting reality in, even when it's uncomfortable. Most people deflect, reframe, or shut down. You stayed open. That is a skill, and it will serve you in ways that defensiveness never could.
Your Practice
Write down the feedback and what was true in it. Then write one specific thing you will do differently based on what you heard. Follow through on that one thing before the week is out. Feedback without action is just discomfort with no return.
The Architects
“I think it's much better to be right than to be consistent.”
Patrick Collison, Dean's Speaker Series fireside chat, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, April 16, 2024 (Haas Newsroom writeup published April 30, 2024)