The Importance of a Second Score

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Every time I get feedback, I rate myself now on how well I took the feedback. The best way to prove yourself is to show that you're willing to improve yourself. Just ask Karen. She said she was proud of him for not cringing from what he looks like.

What if you could tell your co-workers what you really think of them? At one of the world’s most successful hedge funds, everyone is rated and ranked constantly – in front of everyone. They’ve figured out how to embrace negative feedback, and they swear it’s essential to their success. Adam Grant shows how you can learn to take criticism well – and get better at dishing it out.

This is an episode of WorkLife with Adam Grant, another podcast in the TED Audio Collective.

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