How to Receive Feedback Without Taking It Personally

Sep 20

2 min read

Have you ever gotten feedback on something you really, really cared about and immediately felt defensive?

Jacquelyn Fletcher Johnson has.

In this pep talk on the Ideas Love Community podcast, Jacque gets honest about her own history with perfectionism, judgment, and the feeling that criticism of her work somehow meant something about her as a person.

She shares how she has worked to change that response, and why learning to receive feedback is such an important skill for anyone putting an idea, story, book, speech, business, or creative work out into the world.

It’s a simple idea with profound ripple effects into everything you put into the world:

The feedback is about the idea. It is not about your worth.

For the Speakers, Writers & Big-Idea People

For anyone putting their voice into the world, feedback is part of the journey. Jacquelyn's role as a "trail angel" is not to harm the spirit of the artist. It's to help people tell the stories they were born to tell.

That means sometimes the most helpful thing a person can receive isn't applause is honest feedback that helps the idea become clearer, stronger, and more powerf