Presence and openness enable the ability to utilize valuable information that every moment can deliver.

Feedback stems from external and internal sources, as trained by acceptance and commitment training.

ACT develops the ability to derive value from both pleasant and unpleasant feedback.

“Feedback is the breakfast of champions.” It's a metaphoric phrase popularized by business consultant and author Ken Blanchard and, according to him, coined by his professional colleague, Rick Tate.

Feedback is also the desired lunch, dinner, and snack of elite performers.

Just as food nurtures the body, feedback—pleasant and unpleasant—can serve as nourishment for well-being and growth when we allow for it. Every moment of life delivers an assortment of feedback that can provide sustenance for improvement—but only if we are aware and open enough to absorb it effectively.

Awareness, enabling in-the-moment presence, is an essential component of acceptance and commitment training (ACT), based on contextual behavioral science (CBS). ACT is a well-documented and popular approach of mental health and sports/performance professionals. It is also a methodology utilized by the author of this piece.

Metaphors are another staple of ACT. Such figures of speech enable clients to understand concepts by improving the relatability of information. Metaphoric effectiveness is supported by the research conducted in the field of relational frame theory (RFT), the science of language functionality.

Metaphors are a big component of my professional work and for this written piece. Hopefully, that will help to make it more relatable for readers.

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