Feedback

If we do not provide feedback to people when they do good or bad, we do not inform them of our difference of opinion and we do not lend them our support. Feedback is beyond critical, it is what all advancements are based upon.

If I see a problem, and I am the only one who says something about it, I am an annoying fly. If more people share what is on their mind, I have support, and am no longer a fly. If someone gets multiple people telling them one thing, good or bad, it supports the rest of the people saying good or bad things.

If you stay silent, you are a part of the problem. If you do not speak up when you see good in this world, you will not encourage good in this world. If you do not speak up when you see bad in this world, then the bad will continue until someone else gets support in pointing out how things could be improved.

If you see a problem, even if you don't have a ready solution, it is your obligation to say something about it. You don't have to demand change, just state your observations. If everyone felt free to speak their mind, and point at problems when they see them, then we can perhaps advance.

If one person sees a problem, but 10 people don't see it as a problem, perhaps it isn't a problem. However, if one person sees a problem, 10 people see it is fine, and 1000 more people see it as a problem, perhaps it is a problem.

Why bother thinking if you are not going to share what you are thinking about?

Feedback isn't about telling people the RIGHT way to do things. Feedback is about voicing your observations. Solutions are part and parcel with feedback, but not required, and how you voice your solutions is crucial; if the people you are making observations to don't agree with your observations, then they are not going to agree with your solutions.

So please, start with your observations, first. Then work towards a solution.