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How to know when it’s OK to ignore feedback
From the course: Personal Effectiveness Tips
How to know when it’s OK to ignore feedback
- We all know colleagues who never listen to feedback and frankly, they really should because it could help them. In fact, sometimes it pays for us to listen to feedback too, but not all the time. Not all feedback is created equal and it's essential for our success to understand when we should listen and when we should ignore the inaccurate, ignorant, or damaging things people sometimes try to tell us, usually for their benefit, not ours. So here's when it's okay not to listen. The first and foremost rule is don't listen to unsolicited feedback from untrained sources. It's your boss' job to give you feedback, so listen to her, and if Mikhail Baryshnikov wants to critique your dance moves, great, let him. But if a random audience member says, "You know how you could have made your talk better?" Who cares? If you want to be polite, you can listen, but recognize that you're indulging them. Their opinion matters zero. Second, ignore feedback when it's vague. Sometimes self-appointed sages…
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