Feedback isn’t an attack. It’s a free consultation.

The body reacts to criticism as if it were danger, which is why the first thirty seconds are useless for hearing anything. Underneath that, most feedback is information about the work, handed over by somebody who spent their attention on it instead of scrolling past. Some of it will be wrong, and wrong feedback still tells you how the thing is landing.

Ask one person this week for one specific piece: what is the weakest part of this. Then say thank you and nothing else, no defending, no context. Decide later what to use. Not replying is what makes people willing to tell you the truth next time.