Wes Kao — Stop learning to give feedback. Learn to receive it.

To be the best you can be, you must develop a hunger for feedback and see it as one of the best gifts that you can get.

it’s not appropriate to pass judgment when we specifically ask people to voice their opinions about us. In those moments when other people have passed judgment on advice they have solicited from me, my first thought is, “Who died and made you the Critic in Chief?” This is true even if you ask a question and agree with the answer. Consciously or not