How to separate useful feedback from the giver's own fears and biases
When you receive feedback—especially emotionally charged criticism or praise—you're often seeing the giver's fears and blindspots, not objective truth about your work. Kent Beck's First Feedback Filter teaches you to pause, restate feedback without emotional language, and ask: what's about me, and what's about them? This simple practice lets you stay open to real signal while protecting yourself from noise.
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