I purposely used a pretty cocky, abrasive writing style in Sex and Crime, to stir up some drama. My confrontational style quickly became the talk of the scene. Some of the things I wrote were...

He who frowns when they say that he sucks shouldn’t smile when they say that he rocks.

Amis, un dernier mot! – et je ferme à jamaisCe livre à ma pensée étranger désormais,Je n’écouterai pas ce qu’en dira la foule,Car qu’importe à la source où son onde s’écoule?

Mistakes should be examined, learned from, and discarded; not dwelled upon and stored.

The people who care about you may not tell you your blind spots fearing to offend/hurt you. Open up and ask their feedback and get enlightened.

Online review sites are the slushpiles of feedback.

A Truthful Evaluation Of Yourself Gives Feedback For Growth and Success

If you’re going to say what you want to say, you’re going to hear what you don’t want to hear.

I only accept and pay attention to feedback from people who are also in the arena. If you’re occasionally getting your butt kicked as you respond, and if you’re also figuring out how to stay...

When I took over as chair of the fashion program, I was horrified that only the faculty member was allowed to speak in a critique. I’m talking about perfectly nurturing teachers. But the rule was...

It is proper Netiquette to provide positive reinforcement, feedback, for posts we Like.

Having instant feedback on twitter to research material I’m considering is an enormous help.

sales” and it scares them. But sales is nothing more than developing a relationship. A good salesman knows the relationship must be balanced and symbiotic—both parties must feel that what they received is equal to...

Really pay attention to negative feedback and solicit it, particularly from friends. Hardly anyone does that, and it’s incredibly helpful.

There’s a widespread belief that if you have solid self-esteem you don’t need outside affirmation and praise. This is patently untrue, by the way.

I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better.

Imperfect knowledge, incomplete assessment of feedback, limited memory and recall, as well as poor problem-solving skills result in a form of rationality that attains not optimal decisions but more or less satisfactory compromises between conflicting...