In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss 6 ways you benefit from accepting feedback.
“When you hear the same negative comment about you from several sources, it’s probably time to stop saying, “they just don’t get me” and time to investigate why you’re unable to see how others experience you.”
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Here is a brief summary of today’s episode of “The Live True Podcast.” You can use this as a reference or reminder of key things you feel like you need to pay attention to or pass on to others, in the next 7 days of your life.
Even as sharp and “self-aware” as we think we are, (and let’s face it, most of us feel this way about ourselves) other people aren’t as invested in us as we are so they can be more objective about how we’re coming across.
We always want to see ourselves in the best light so we internally block ourselves from believing negative feedback.
Though it doesn’t always feel like it, feedback or constructive criticism is a gift, not a punishment.
So we resist. We think others are exaggerating or worse- that THEY are the problem.
Our first reaction is to defend ourselves…
Most people have our best interests at heart when they tell us the truth. And we should probably trust their insights about us more than we do.
But, often, it takes a showdown or crisis to pry us open to hearing how we actually come across. It’s after we’ve been let go from our job or lost a friend or exited a marriage that the slap stings enough to wake us up to important issues we refused to see.
So what might the Lord be saying to you
Proverbs 25:11-12 … a wise friend’s timely reprimand is like a gold ring slipped on your finger
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