Thanks for the examples, I found the variety of situations really useful to help cement the ideas. Just as a heads up though, there is a cut-off mid sentence here:
Socratic Approach to Understanding Feedback:
Understanding: Firstly I just want to understand the feedback, especially as defensiveness can cause me to flinch away and oversimplify it
Ask: "Can you give me a specific example of when I did this?"
Ask: "What exactly was the bad outcome that resulted?"
Follow-up: Paraphrase this back to them to ensure I understand what they think.
"So if I understand correctly, you're saying that when I did X, it caused Y, and that was bad because Z. Is that right?"
This catches misunderstandings early and also shows good faith engagement on my end.
Follow-up: If I disagree with any points, give
I would be interested to see the rest of the sentence if you have it lying around in a draft/in your head somewhere.
Thanks for the examples, I found the variety of situations really useful to help cement the ideas. Just as a heads up though, there is a cut-off mid sentence here:
I would be interested to see the rest of the sentence if you have it lying around in a draft/in your head somewhere.