WORK 125 words
Reframe a Critical Piece of Feedback as a Career Asset
A piece of critical feedback landed and your first instinct was to bristle. Paste it in and this prompt runs it through three steps that separate the signal from the sting: what behaviour is being flagged, what's actually useful, what to do with it. Good for anyone who takes feedback hard but wants to grow from it rather than dwell on it.
<context> Receiving critical feedback, especially in written form, can trigger a defensive or defeated response. Reframing it as professional intelligence rather than personal attack is a learnable skill that accelerates career development. </context> <task> Paste or describe a piece of critical feedback you have received: [feedback]. Reframe it using three steps: identify the specific behaviour or output being criticised (not your character), identify what improvement would look like in measurable terms, and identify one concrete action you can take in the next two weeks. </task> <output_format> Three short bullet points: Behaviour/Output (what specifically was flagged), Measurable Improvement (what done looks like), and Immediate Action (one thing, this fortnight). Then one sentence framing why this feedback is a career asset. Under 150 words total. </output_format>
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