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Fri, February 15th, 2008 by Tom Foster
"I don't think it's me," Marion repeated.
"You are angry at the person who gave you the negative feedback and you would like to ignore the feedback," I confirmed.
"Besides, even it were true about me, I can't change, that's just not me. I couldn't do it. Out of the question. I don't see how anyone could do that."
I looked at Marion. Without a word. Silence.
"But if you could change, what would you do first?" I asked. -TF
February 15th, 2008 at 7:51 am
The mind is an amazing tool, but if you continually say the word "can't", then you certainly "won't".
August 5th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
I think the whole idea of performance feedbacks are useless. I have given many feedbacks to people and I have been very biased. So I speak of personal experience. It can have detrimental effects on people's job and personality and should be avoided.