Compassion for Yourself and Self-Acceptance: 1. Accept feedback

Accept feedback constructively and judge how best to apply to your life

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#Feedback from others is based on their perception. Feedback can add value to help us become more aware of our personal room for growth, or to help us explore different perspectives. Take such feedback as well-intended advice, adding to your options of ideas for growth. Ultimately however, it is your prerogative to decide on what to do next.

It is helpful to surround ourselves with a support network that is willing and able to offer constructive feedback and support. By definition, such advisors or guides will be nurturing and supportive, but that doesn’t mean it is their role to sugarcoat things or feed you white lies.

Effective feedback must address both negatives and positives, and so you must be prepared to hear negative feedback about yourself. But, don’t see it as an attack, much as it is natural to feel that way. Feedback from a good support network is merely a series of observations that are geared to helping you achieve your potential.

Positive feedback is not meant to be approval.

Negative feedback is not meant to be a judgment.

Just remind yourself that no-one is infallible and everyone has room for feedback, which can be a catalyst for bigger and better growth. Also remind yourself of the intention of your support network. They are there to help you grow, not to tear you down, nor to blindly cheer you on. So accept feedback humbly, graciously, and with an open heart and an open mind. Doing so best places you to remain focussed on your goals without allowing your monkey brain or ego to blind you to any potential obstacles of your own making that can either be avoided or addressed.

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