There is a new app for your phone called “Sarahah”. You can also use it online at Sarahah.com. Sarahah’s stated purpose is that it helps you in discovering your strengths and areas for improvement by receiving honest feedback from your employees and your friends in a private manner. You set up an account and people can give you messages anonymously. Several people I know have done this and I suppose it could be fun in some way and maybe useful too. Below is a message my son Gabriel received. I would like to offer the approach I would like to take should I be the recipient of such a post.
- Everyone is entitled to an opinion and since he asked it is fair that the writer shared theirs.
- Just because someone has an opinion doesn’t make it true whether it is a good opinion or a bad one.
- Sometimes even the most humble people can come across as arrogant. They may truly suffer low self-esteem believe it or not 🙂
- Sometimes we all need some constructive criticism to help us evaluate ourselves. So accept the words, think about them and evaluate them for truth.
- If you find some truth hidden among the criticism then learn from it and try to be a better person.
- If there is no gem of truth then release it and forget it and move on…
- Be thankful for the person who can help you to improve yourself regardless of their motives or methods. Think good and not evil of them. You will feel better about yourself if you do!
- Sometimes hateful words come from hurting people. Pray for this person and for good to come into their lives. You can learn to love this person.
- Criticism can help you become more sensitive to those around you and more aware of how your own words may sound and actions may appear.
AND just in case you were wondering, I have no plans to set up an account.
Blessings!
Reda