having friends that are willing to honestly provide feedback is a often an eye opening experience. as a person soliciting feedback (or not) you must be open to hearing the truth. having preconceived notions only holds you back. i get inspiration and often fine tuning of ideas by being open to those around me and new ways of thinking. once we all decided that we are not the smartest person in the room and put our egos aside, the possibilities are endless.

I adore and highly value that input, it's soaking in two wonderful things – new motivation (to improve and reconsider my original construction assumptions) and reward (friendships can be like a farmer's field, where evidence of honest inputted work shows itself later, benefits many, and is a sign of rich soil being well tended that is showing its potential for many bountiful harvests to come).

Asking somebody a question, when you want to hear the answer regardless of its potential to self-inflict, has powerful mojo in many ways.

Thankfully, I have many blunt, beloved friends who, good or bad, will tell me exactly like it is. To me, it's a crucial element of being a friend.

After all, progress comes ONLY from disrupting the status quo!

So I try my best to push past my ego and instead allow any moments of disruption to ignite my curiousity, creativity and action bones.