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This week’s deliberate practice is about being open to feedback.
Last week I was filming my blog in my office (I live and work here with a great client and friend in a company called Park&Co in Phoenix, Arizona). Some of the Park&Co team members came to me after last week’s blog and said, “Hey Coach, come here a minute. We gotta give you some feedback. We would like to see you blow that whistle even louder. Don’t be afraid. Really give it a good blow at the end of your deliberate practice.”
I thought about it. Just like a lot of people in the first couple seconds I thought, “Who the hell are you to be telling me how loud to blow my whistle?” Then I thought about it and thought – that is probably some pretty good feedback.
The deliberate practice is to be open to feedback. Don’t do what a lot of people do and say, Yea, that is a good idea and their eyes and their body language are like kiss my #^%&. Either be open to feedback or don’t, but don’t pretend that you are. So be open to feedback! Create a culture in which everybody can give feedback and be open to new ways of doing things.
Great article this week that talked about mindset. Great companies, great teams, and great leaders have a mindset for continually getting better.
Let me give a shameless plug. Park&Co has a space called CoLab just for people who want to work in spaces like this and want to be collaborative. It’s a great space in Phoenix, Arizona.
Park&Co folks thank you very much! I know you will be really proud of me when I blow the whistle this week.
Get out there this week and really be open to feedback!