The Key to Unlocking Your Potential

No matter your role, feedback can be challenging to ask for—and even harder to receive. Whether it’s bruised egos, feeling too timid to ask for someone’s time, or undervaluing its importance, many shy away from it. What if we decided to take the feedback as a gift. Let's be real, it’s an opportunity to evolve, refine, and expand our perspectives.
To mentally prepare for feedback, reduce your ego, and recognise your worth, adopt a mindset that values feedback as a tool for positive change. The best leaders are constantly learning, never assuming they know it all. If you reframe feedback as a pathway to growth, you’ll be more likely to lean into it.
Think about it: how can we address problems or improve if we don’t know they exist? Honest, constructive feedback opens doors to new ideas, perspectives, and possibilities. While you don’t have to act on every piece of feedback, it’s invaluable for expanding your insights and driving growth.
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝑽𝑶𝑳𝑽𝑬 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌.
Here’s how to mentally prepare yourself to embrace feedback and take meaningful action:
1. Embrace: Open your mind to curiosity and new ideas.
2. Vulnerability: Recognise that you don’t have to know it all.
3. Opportunity: View feedback as a chance to identify risks and opportunities.
4. Learn: Absorb insights from those around you.
5. Volunteer: Invest time in learning a new skill or applying the feedback.
6. Engage: Take action—feedback only matters if you do something with it.
Reflect on Your Feedback Style:
Do you love receiving feedback and using it to grow?
Do you avoid it, get defensive, or pick and choose what you’ll act on?
Remember, we are all forever evolving (love a good pun). Leaders who are most engaged embrace feedback as an essential tool for growth, not a personal attack. Step into feedback, reframe it as a gift, and watch how it transforms your mindset, skills, and opportunities.
Follow along for more inspo, Deb x
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