Sublime

“Radical candor is humble, it’s helpful, it’s immediate, it’s in person — in private if it’s criticism and in public if it’s praise — and it doesn’t personalize.”

“Radical Candor” is what happens when you put “Care Personally” and “Challenge Directly” together.

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell once remarked that being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.* You have to accept that sometimes people on your team will be mad at you. In fact, if nobody is ever mad at you, you probably aren’t challenging your team enough. The key, as in any relationship, is how you handle the anger. When what

If the vertical axis is caring personally and the horizontal axis is challenging directly , you want your feedback to fall in the upper right-hand quadrant. That’s where radical candor lies.

ask for criticism before giving it, and offer more praise than criticism. Be humble, helpful,