Receiving Feedback with a Learning Mindset

Thank you to @AnnaSilverberg for inspiring me to write a post about this! (here is Anna's post!)

Perceiving feedback as a helpful thing hasn't always been my forte. As a young perfectionist Rebekerino, I didn't always take feedback in the best way, especially if I really believed that I had done everything 'right'! However, there is always room for improvement.

How did my mindset change? Good question -- I have no idea. It could have been my maturing, growing up, either way, I know that 7 Cups had something to do with it. I remember waaaay back in 2019 (that was 5 years ago 😛) during my VL mock chat test, my constructive feedback was about the welcoming message. Looking back, my welcoming message to members definitely wasn't that great, and the feedback was correct (I never disputed it, but I probably wasn't happy)! With this feedback, I improved my welcoming message, and I even created a forum post detailing what makes a good welcome (click here to read) to members.

If ever you're offered feedback, it is not a personal attack. It is the complete opposite -- feedback is only offered when it is needed, it is there to help, not to take away. But, we can only properly take in that feedback with a learning mindset, or we won't fully benefit from it.

Questions for further thought...

1. What was the last piece of feedback you were given?
2. When have you found yourself offering feedback? How is it different to receiving it?