Those who do not learn from history (or from criticism) are doomed to repeat the same mistakes.
A better way to approach things is to say, always, I am not perfect. What can I do to improve? How much worse when to say, I'm perfect, I do not need to learn anything, and I will beat you over the head until you admit my perfection?
If you don't like the advice, you can always ignore it, but if you beat up people verbally, they will never tell you the back of your costume makes you look like the south end of a north travelling elephant. They will just giggle.
In my business (which was engineering, back when I was working), it was easy to tell second raters in a field other than your own because they were the loudest ones claiming to be first rate. Coaching may be different...but I don't think so. The best always know what they don't know and are eager to improve.
A better way to approach things is to say, always, I am not perfect. What can I do to improve? How much worse when to say, I'm perfect, I do not need to learn anything, and I will beat you over the head until you admit my perfection?
If you don't like the advice, you can always ignore it, but if you beat up people verbally, they will never tell you the back of your costume makes you look like the south end of a north travelling elephant. They will just giggle.
In my business (which was engineering, back when I was working), it was easy to tell second raters in a field other than your own because they were the loudest ones claiming to be first rate. Coaching may be different...but I don't think so. The best always know what they don't know and are eager to improve.