Weekly Wisdom #279 - Why we should all be better at giving feedback

Feedback, Thinking Clearly, Hard Things & Historical Trends

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Happy Monday!

This week I got some feedback from the regular 360 reviews we do at work.

And I was reminded that getting feedback can be painful.

Not only because sometimes you hear things you weren't expecting, or that you don't like, but because in formats like this, it's often difficult to figure out what to take away.

Feedback often conflicts, and in an anonymous format it's hard to know which situations it applies.

So, instead I decided to ask everyone I work with for feedback directly: so I could have the extra context and ask some questions.

A good format for giving feedback from Radical Candor:

1) the situation you saw, 2) the behavior (i.e., what the person did, either good or bad), and 3) the impact you observed.

State your intention to help, and give it immediately. It's far more helpful when the example and context is fresh.

Have a great week!

Graham

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Links

📚 Book Notes: The Art of Thinking Clearly - Rolf Dobelli - Rolf Dobelli's other book (last week was The Art of the Good Life), this is also packed with wisdom.

Dobelli lays out, in very succinct fashion, all the major cognitive biases we suffer from when trying to think clearly.

A must-read for making better decisions and understanding how our own biases constantly affect our thinking.

📖 Proof You Can Do Hard Things - Nat Eliason - I've long been a fan of Nat's writing, and this was a great piece.

Why bother doing hard things?

"The more hard things you push yourself to do, the more competent you will see yourself to be."

Accomplishing hard things gives you more confidence to take on other hard things, and proves to others that you're capable of doing them too.

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