When I worked in japan, I often got tired of people witholding their criticism out of politeness... For example, just to get my coworkers to actually correct m

When I worked in japan, I often got tired of people witholding their criticism out of politeness... For example, just to get my coworkers to actually correct my japanese took a few month of me insisting that no I won't be angry at them for correcting me and that I want them to do it. Some people can't handle criticism but it doesn't mean that you shouldn't try at first to give others constructive criticism, see their reaction and drop it off if they are too defensive. How people react to criticism is also a good test to see if someone is interesting and likely to evolve his opinion or not...