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<blockquote data-quote="Thunderfoot" data-source="post: 5515171" data-attributes="member: 34175">Dropping my vote here for talk about it.&nbsp; I learned early in the military about the positive aspects of counseling and performance appraisals.&nbsp; I was fortunate enough to bring that with me and ask my players on a regular basis, &quot;how am I doing&quot; and &quot;how could it be better&quot;, also &quot;what are your expectations?&quot;So, that being said, when YOU sit at the head of the table, set the example and ask these questions.&nbsp; Maybe you'll learn something about the way you do things that you might improve, as well as prove that it's okay to ask for advice.Most DMs and new DMs especially have to learn the hard way, because they don't understand that asking for advice is not a bad thing, especially if they have played with a really good DM; one that makes it look easy or natural and appears to have all the answers.&nbsp; So they make mistakes, and suffer in silence.&nbsp; I know where the majority of my DMing weakness lie due to this method, it really does help if you are objective.&nbsp;&nbsp; I figure you have no problem asking for advice, I mean you asked here didn't you?&nbsp; So, pass on that knowledge to someone &quot;less fortunate?&quot; than you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thunderfoot, post: 5515171, member: 34175"] Dropping my vote here for talk about it. I learned early in the military about the positive aspects of counseling and performance appraisals. I was fortunate enough to bring that with me and ask my players on a regular basis, "how am I doing" and "how could it be better", also "what are your expectations?" So, that being said, when YOU sit at the head of the table, [U]set the example[/U] and ask these questions. Maybe you'll learn something about the way you do things that you might improve, as well as prove that it's okay to ask for advice. Most DMs and new DMs especially have to learn the hard way, because they don't understand that asking for advice is not a bad thing, especially if they have played with a really good DM; one that makes it look easy or natural and appears to have all the answers. So they make mistakes, and suffer in silence. I know where the majority of my DMing weakness lie due to this method, it really does help if you are objective. I figure you have no problem asking for advice, I mean you asked here didn't you? So, pass on that knowledge to someone "less fortunate?" than you. [/QUOTE]

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