“How did I do?” -I’m not going to talk about how you did. Let’s talk about what you’ll do next time. Feedback sucks. Positive or negative, it serves no purpose.
“How did I do?” -I’m not going to talk about how you did. Let’s talk about what you’ll do next time. Feedback sucks. Positive or negative, it serves no purpose.
This is the final piece to this series, wrapping up our lessons from Communication 101, 102 and 103. We are arming you with the simple communication framework essential to our
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