Are you open to accepting feedback ?How much emotionally mature are you?

i dont know.. it really depends on how i am approached by the person and how they tell me the negative feedback. but i can see that they are sincere and they talk to me privately about it, guess that's alright.. being mature doesnt mean just accepting anything negative that other people think about you, there is always a right venue for it and the proper way to say it..

This reminds me of a conversation I had about 20 years or more ago with my band director. He was the first to tell me not to get upset. He said that you have to be able to accept constructive criticism. I have tried to remember those words all of my life whenever people give me feedback or their opinion on something. I also believe, it depends on who is giving the feedback and what kind of tone they are using with you. I had a boss who would literally yell at you (not necessarily me). This was very rude. I don't think any boss has the right to yell at their employees and get all upset when they mess something up. Then again, I have met people who have no EQ as you call it. They tend to be cold and blunt. These type of people can get on your nerves also!

[i]Hi comfort, I am very and I will really listen to people giving their constructive criticisms to me but I will feel some pain when it will be delivered in a harass way! LOL! Plus, I don't like it to be address to different people! LOL ANyway, in our job before, we are always called for some evaluation and I find it very helpful and it helps all of us to improve better![/i]

I agree, emotional maturity is an ability to control and direct one's emotions and feelings. I can't say that I am perfect in this, but yes, I'm cool to receive negative feedbacks. I accept them, so long as they were meant to improve something in me, and not to deliberately offend me. I would prefer that these feedbacks were given or said to me personally, instead of hearing them said by someone to somebody else. That, I have to say, is offensive. However, even if these feedbacks came to me from a second or thirdhand source, I do accept them too.

Hi comfort, good discussion topic ....I think EQ is far more important in communication and maintaining relationships.In my case it would entirely depend on who is giving the feed back and the circumstances related to it. If my mother or someone I feel close to .,were to give me a negative feed back I would definitely think about it and discuss it with them. But if it is someone else with whom I am not too comfortable then may not bother too much, but again, will try to see if there is any reason for it....I am not a very cool person, but am able to control and direct my emotions and energies in the right direction..All the best and happy mylotting

I never reject negative feedback, they tend to be helpful to improve one self and help us to understand further about what they think is right,I always been so much cool when somebody gives me negative feedback.And I always try give my self a review why I have to get that feedback, its a way of learning, I keep reminding myself Im not born to be perfect so i need to improve..So i consider feedback as a trainer, the more harder the feedback is the more it gets the perfect results.hehehe.God bless!

I am open to feedback as long as it intended to be constructive.

I can handle feedback which I think can help me to improve more myself. what I cannot take is that feedback which are degrading, and those which are not humanly given by others.

Feedbacks, may it be positive or negative should be treated well... We will only grow as a person from what others say about us... we can learn from those feedbacks to become a better person. It's a thing we should all look from others... feedbacks or criticisms...

i'm open to any kind of feedback.personally,i believe people are entitled to their opinion about me and about things and i respect that.just as long as they're not judging me about my ways,then that's fine with me.i don't take things personally.i believe i have the ability to handle others more so with myself.

take it in the positive way

I am quite open with accepting feedback as long as it is being delivered appropriately.

It's tricky for me. If I'm in University, and someone makes a suggestion, I immediately take it, that if it comes from an authority figure, and not my peers. If it's regarding my photography, I'll accept it, but deep down I will reject it, bc it's such a objective subject. If it were about me, that's when I get REALLY defensive, and may even throw a hissy fit. I really despise people who judge others, so evidently, I feelreally bad when someone judges me, even if it's said to be corrected. Overall, I am good when people give me feedback, as long as it's being conveyed on a normal tone, and not thrown at me as to hurt me. ps: I guess I did not reach emotional maturity yet :P