How to Give Radical Candor

Most people are actually pretty nice, but we're so concerned about not hurting some one's feelings that we fail to tell them something they'd be better off knowing. Radical candor is just as much about praise, even more about praise, than it is about criticism. You want to focus on the good stuff, but you don't want to ignore lems either. And last but not least, encourage it. All too often, one person whom we know comes and starts talking to us badly about another person who's not in the room. This is the one when listening is not your friend. So encourage radical candour. Go forth and be radically candid.