LESSON 1
THE POWER OF FEEDBACK
Feedback is the breakfast of champions.
—KEN BLANCHARD
One of the easiest ways you can help yourself create and maintain a solid trajectory is to proactively seek out feedback. When I am talking about feedback, I mean hard feedback. Real feedback. Not softballs and platitudes to make you feel good about yourself. During the course of your career you should continually seek out those individuals who don't pull punches. It is easy—and common—for people to request feedback when they know it is going to be positive. It is much harder to request feedback when you think it may be critical of you. It is this feedback that is most valuable and that allows you to learn about your weaknesses. This information will enable ...
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