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Asking for feedback

We all do it, all the time, ask for feedback. What we don’t necessarily do is mean what we say. I suspect what we really want is for everyone to say we’re brilliant, gifted, producers of fine work and an example to the rest of humankind. The sort of feedback that makes us feel good […]

The age of anxiety

I seem to remember that The Age of Anxiety is the name of a Bernstein symphony, which makes it particularly appropriate today. It’s ironic that it was only on Tuesday that I reached the conclusion that I should be more chilled, less driven. On Wednesday morning we all woke to the news that Donald Trump […]