Do you like feedback?

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">          Do you like feedback? My original answer, a big HELL NO! I used to squirm in my seat when I knew I was going to be given feedback. Because I don’t lie to you,  Imma share that I  also used to just not show up to things because I was afraid I wouldn’t be good enough and I didn’t want to hear where I could improve . . . now that doesn’t make any sense, does it? There is nothing more I hated more than being told I was ‘doing it wrong’. I liked reaching for five gold stars, being perfect, and really just knowing how to do everything (or rather thinking I did). Well, listen to how silly that sounds. What did this mentality create, a perfectionist who was afraid to show up for her own life. Does this sound familiar? You want something but can’t put one foot in front of the other to actually do it or learn from it. The know it all attitude that I had kept me from feedback and created a lot of anxiety in my life amongst other things. I avoided any ‘less than’ desirable words from others at any cost. I really didn’t understand that feedback was FOR me and it wasn’t happening to me. So what did this look like? </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">          When I began teaching yoga I craved so much to be a master teacher, whatever that meant to me at the time. I desired to teach other teachers and this was a deep yearning I’ve always known. I wanted to teach teachers how to guide others but I hadn’t even taught anyone yet. When I did begin to teach I felt like I was on top of the world until I saw a fellow teacher or studio owner would show up. It’s like I was going to shit my pants every time this went down. I would curl up in my head and tell mySelf why I was less than and didn’t deserve a teaching spot. I would feel fear arise and sometimes even create an excuse to not go in fear of what they would tell me after. What I didn’t realize at the time was that the feedback I would receive would actually help me take the steps to my dream of teaching teachers because I h