A common way to get feedback is to describe what you’re creating in detail and then to ask a prospective customer if they would use it. This is equivalent to asking someone for an honest answer to the question, “Does my bum look big in this?”

Sometimes the answers we seek out are not the answers we need to hear.

There are two finds of feedback—that which you think is taking you where you want to go and feedback that actually will. It takes courage to look for the right kind.

Image by Chris Becker.