Here are a few reasons people ask for feedback:
To care, learn, and improve.
To check it off a list.
To reconnect and repair.
To defend someone or something.
Feedback is less valuable when the goal is to make you (us) feel better. It is when people believe that we are here to serve others that they are more likely to share their honest thoughts about us.
Make sure to understand who it is for before we ask.
