"Every student is looking for a great teacher. What a lot of students don't realise is that every teacher is looking for a great student." – Ron Leslie

We're talking here about a dance workshop Corissa attended. But really this is about how to seek out and handle feedback in all kinds of situations.

How do you evaluate whether feedback is helpful or not?
How do you handle feedback or advice that's not constructive?
What do you do with people who throw their opinions around confidently even though they're wrong?
Challenges in evaluating your own level of experience or skill
When you ask for feedback, do you really want to learn – or do you secretly want to be validated?
Two ways to receive feedback badly
Choosing a team based on their ability to take feedback on board
An example of a teacher deliberately showing a class that they don't know as much as they thought
Feedback is taken differently by professionals vs hobbyists
Putting yourself out of your depth to trigger your lazy brain to want to put the effort in to learn
Some teachers/bosses are trying to challenge you; others are abusive
Some options to try if you want to challenge yourself more

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