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Scout yourself. Have a buddy who coaches scout you.

Testing a product is a learning process

One learns to ignore criticism by first learning to ignore applause.

Mistakes will not end your business. If you are nimble and willing to listen to constructive criticism you can excel by learning and evolving.

The essence of training is to allow error without consequence.

Learning to receive feedback from each other is what leadership is all about.

Aiming to check a new test's difficulty, ask your assistants to solve the test prior to the actual exam. If the results are not satisfactory, reevaluate all ambiguous questions and correct them.

you change people's behavior by having them set some specific, measurable goals, reminding them of what they have committed to do, measuring their activities and providing frequent feedback, and providing positive reinforcement for progress. Effective

the more objectively learning is measured, the less likely it is to be related to the evaluations.

Another review also concluded that "teacher ratings and learning are not closely related

empirical research conducted over decades suggests that student evaluations are more than unhelpful;

Consumers will tell you important stuff that you need to know if you shut up and listen.

A good director, I was learning, could take criticism.

Cloud and Townsend suggest two questions to regularly ask the closest people in your life: What do I do that draws you toward me? What do I do that pushes you away?

On almost all of which counts he was in error, but since no one was ever likely to tell him so, there was no harm done.

If you treat your beta-testers as if they're your most valuable resource, they will respond by becoming your most valuable resource.

You're afraid of criticism,' she says. 'But criticism is a sign of life! You know who doesn't get criticized? Nonentities! Only the dead escape criticism.

It was about this time I began to seriously try to write. I commenced a tragedy which I called "Seneca." I do not remember anything about the work, except that it was laid in ancient Rome, and that Seneca was a philosopher and a senator. I showed the first act to Father, and he gave it back to me with a smile, and the opinion that "it might have been worse."

the lack of testing meant that intelligence analysts lacked robust feedback loops

It's difficult for analysts to get better at predicting when they don't know if their past predictions were ever any good.30

Criticism is like pain. It's not fun but if it doesn't hurt, no one pays attention.

In one study investigating employee experiences with speaking up, 85% of respondents reported at least one occasion when they felt unable to raise a concern with their bosses, even though they believed the issue was important.

failure of an employee to speak up in a crucial moment cannot be seen. This is true whether that employee is on the front lines of customer service or sitting next to you in the executive board room. And because not offering an idea is an invisible act, it's hard to engage in real-time course correction. This means that psychologically safe workplaces have a powerful advantage in competitive industries.

Workarounds can occur when workers do not feel safe enough to speak up and make suggestions to improve the system.