It's easy to collect feedback.
You ask,
people tell you,
you nod,
you thank them.
And then
nothing changes.
That's where
most feedback dies —
not in the giving,
but in the drawer
you file it in
and never open.
Feedback you don't act on
is worse than none.
Because you spent
someone's honesty,
their small act of courage
in telling you the truth,
and you gave them
nothing back
but a nod.
Do that a few times
and people learn
it's pointless
to be honest with you.
The feedback stops coming.
So close the loop.
Pick one thing
someone told you,
and actually change it.
Then, later,
tell them you did.
"You mentioned this.
I worked on it.
Thank you."
Nothing makes a person
more willing
to be honest with you again
than seeing
their honesty
mattered.
Feedback isn't the words.
It's what you do
after the words.
Collect less.
Act on more.
That's the whole
difference
between people who grow
and people who
just get told.
– Asael Shinder
