Sunday Sharies 07.24.22

A QUOTE

“We have to be willing to confront the world as it is, not as we want it to be if we're going to be successful."
— Barry McCarthy, Peloton CEO

A QUESTION

Are you willing to be uncomfortable in order to tell someone something they need to hear?

A THOUGHT

When someone gives me feedback, they’re doing me a favor. Even if it’s not a "compliment sandwich", even if I'm upset to hear about my mistakes, and even if I disagree. They're giving me the gift of information I didn’t have before.

Think back to your most pivotal learning experiences. How many of them include surprising feedback? A few come to mind for me:

• When my best friend told me that - what I thought was my tough love training accountability - was being received as aggressive peer pressure and quite unwelcome.

• That time an interviewer told me I'd been too casual at an earlier networking event where I'd asked a cheeky question.

Now I don't rope my friend into 6am workouts. And I don't work for a company where I would've wasted time pretending to be a good fit. (Some people are great at formal networking. I am not one of those people.)

These were short-lived moments, but they fundamentally changed the way I approach my friendship and my job search. My improvements are a direct result of their feedback.