Best Negative Feedback Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Any negative feedback stings, but feedback that doesn’t align with who you are at your core can hurt even worse because you feel misunderstood. How you react to the feedback and what you do afterwards will impact your career trajectory at the company. Your first instinct may be to rebut, defend, or explain the behaviors that led to the feedback. But perceptions don’t change because of explanations or more information; they change over time after you adjust your actions and behaviors.”

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Author:Marlo Lyons

“When you put yourself in the other person's shoes, you can see that the person critiquing you is merely trying to help.”

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Book:The Myth of the Nice Girl: Achieving a Career You Love Without Becoming a Person You Hate

Source: The Myth of the Nice Girl: Achieving a Career You Love Without Becoming a Person You Hate

“Belief in yourself can certainly be difficult and painful, and the process is not effortless. You will constantly battle fear, doubt, negative feedback, and hundreds of other forces. Like gravity, these forces have the ability to continually pull you down. It takes effort to get out of bed, get dressed, and battle all day on your nine-to-five, then be the weekend warrior for your dream.”

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Book:Side Hustle & Flow: 10 Principles to Live and Lead a More Productive Life in Less Time

Source: Side Hustle & Flow: 10 Principles to Live and Lead a More Productive Life in Less Time

“The crazy creatives are the creatives who never go completely mad. They aren't so easily disheartened by the seemingly endless amounts of scrutiny that creative individuals tend to receive because they, like insanity, are the ones who feed off of opposition and negative feedback and manage to continue along with a healthy ambition. It is the crazy that teaches us to use our gifts wisely and own all the attackers.”

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Author:Criss Jami

“Part of what being a great founder is, is being both able to hold the belief, to think about where it is you want to be doing and want to be going, but also be smart enough that you are essentially listening to criticism, negative feedback, competitive entries.”

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Author:Reid Hoffman

“I've generally gotten negative feedback from men who don't understand and don't find street harassment to be a serious issue. I've also gotten a lot of responses from women who are appreciative and thankful for the project; who relate to it who are passionate about it.”

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Author:Tatyana Fazlalizadeh

“It's been kind of extreme - people either love it or they don't like it at all - and I think that's a good thing. It's my first art project where there's not a middle ground. I find it very interesting. But the negative feedback hasn't at all kept me from doing it, obviously. Because I haven't really gotten any negative feedback that I feel is really warranted.”

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Author:Tatyana Fazlalizadeh

“Actively seek out and listen carefully to negative feedback.”

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Author:Elon Musk

“Do you want to have your feelings hurt a little bit because you have some negative feedback, or do you want to continue down the disastrous track you're on and have a huge disaster? Talk about a bruised ego. It may ruin your career.”

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Author:Charles Koch

“I don't think it was much of a forum for positive or negative feedback; it was mainly, "How can I make somebody laugh?" It wasn't a serious thing where I needed people to give me feedback.”

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Author:Cakes da killa

“Negative feedback is better that none. I would rather have a man hate me than overlook me. As long as he hates me I make a difference.”

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Book:Notes to Myself

Source: Notes to Myself

“And in situations where a man and a woman each receive negative feedback, the woman's self-confidence and self-esteem drop to a much greater degree. The internalization of failure and the insecurity it breeds hurt future performance, so this pattern has serious long-term consequences.”

Source: Lean In for Graduates

“To a pitcher, a base hit is the perfect example of negative feedback.”

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Author:Steve Hovley

“Engaging in an authentic, meaningful conversation with consumers will be the key to marketing success and growth, even if that means acknowledging negative feedback; transparency is paramount.”

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Author:Ron Blake

“I think that's an important thing to do, to really pay attention to negative feedback, and solicit it, particularly from friends. This may sound like simple advice, but hardly anyone does that, and it's incredibly helpful.”

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Author:Elon Musk

“I think you should always be seeking negative feedback.”

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Author:Elon Musk

“Negative feedback can make us bitter or better.”

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Author:Robin Sharma