3 common feedback phrases that do more harm than good

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Ever get annoying feedback from a coworker or manager that, years later, still eats away at your soul? Bad, unhelpful feedback is common, and it can even start to infect your own language at work. We’ve identified three phrases you both hate to hear and should stop saying to anyone else as feedback, too.

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The basic premise of “Ted Lasso,” the 20-time Emmy-nominated comedy from Apple TV, is that yet another white guy is given a prestigious job he is clearly unqualified for. And if Ted Lasso were a different man, it could be one more portrayal of male entitlement in the workplace. But with his cheerful decency and folksy Midwestern can-do attitude, Ted never ridicules the people he leads, regularly credits junior employees and defers to his female boss’s decisions. HuffPost’s Work/Life reporter Monica Torres binged the first 11 episodes, and found that some themes really stick out:

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Vacuums aren’t cheap, and they can get weaker as time goes on. If the suction on your vac has become, er, sucky, here’s a step-by-step guide to getting it back in working order (according to actual experts) so you don’t have to shell out for a new one.

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