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Modern Mentor

234 GID How to Give Unsolicited Feedback

Modern Mentor

Macmillan Holdings, LLC

Careers, Business, Management

4.3720 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2014

⏱️ 6 minutes

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How to Give Unsolicited Feedback.

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0:00.0

Steveer Robbins here. Welcome to the Get It Done Guys' quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

0:08.0

Feedback, if you're like me, you're just full of useful advice that you want to give everyone you meet.

0:14.0

Whenever you see them doing something, you're just bursting with the impulse to tell them how they can do it even better.

0:20.0

If it's something they do poorly, you can help them do it well.

0:23.8

And if it's something that they're an expert in and you have no experience with the topic

0:27.4

to speak of, you still just know deep in your bones that they can benefit from the brilliant

0:33.4

insights that flow endlessly from your crisp, clear quality thinking. In my case, I just put all that

0:40.1

great information out on my podcast, secure in the knowledge that I'm changing the world. And yet,

0:45.9

there are some people out there who just don't recognize my brilliance. Once in a while, someone writes

0:51.4

in and they say, I love the concept behind your podcast.

0:55.3

But could you just get to the point and skip the humor and the chatiness?

0:58.1

Your sense of humor sucks.

0:59.4

Your podcast would be better if it were a dry, monotone program, and you should just recite

1:03.7

only the useful information packaged for my personal convenience.

1:07.7

You can imagine how privileged I feel that someone who is downloading my hard work for free

1:13.4

is willing to take the time to write and tell me how I should change it because they don't like my style.

1:20.0

From their point of view, they're being helpful.

1:23.2

From my point of view, I hope their Oreo ice cream cake melts before they can have a slice.

1:27.5

That's because no one appreciates unsolicited feedback unless it's unconditionally flattering.

1:33.3

Not even me.

1:35.4

Do give advice when asked.

1:37.5

If someone asks for advice, that's one thing.

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