September 25th,
2008
If one doesn't remove themselves
from their present environment to receive feedback, then they will never
fully understand how revered or disasterous their work really is.
Take for example the stay-at-home
entrepreneur who sits on their computer doing, for the sake of argument,
virtual administrative assistance to clientelle from all over the world.
Since they rest inside nor
do not need to go out and mingle personally as most of their clients
are a wee further than a short little commute down the street, venturing
outside won't solve much in the way of feedback. Yet that can pose a
problem in and of itself too.
People are prone to hearing
what others have to say (unless in the rare extreme they are capable
of holding a high degree of self-sufficiency that they know the ins
and outs of what their work looks like). If they do not hear essentially
what others have to say, they could operate under the false assumption
that their present works are just not good enough, and risk changing
something that doesn't need to be changed at all.
This is why there's such
a high criticism of management and leaders as they tend to sit high
in their towers completely unaware of what the general reaction or impression
is of what they are trying to accomplish.
When someone comes down
to earth, so to speak, and mingles with those who ultimately determine
the quality of any piece, regardless of scope, the chances of them remaining
with a specific design, story or idea are greater with the opportunity
to apply relevant changes to improve said design, story or idea.
Case in point: if the stay-at-home
virtual administrative assistant doesn't mingle in online forums to
discuss or view what people are saying on blogs, they will have no clue
(again, unless they have a strong sense of self-sufficiency) as to the
perception of what it is they do.
So shake off the shackles
that hold you to your desk or profession and get out there! You'd be
amazed to find out that all your fretting is merely just the result
of anxiety and perfectionist propaganda.
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