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Among good friends, a question that I believe should be more commonplace is: “Are there any improvements I can make in communicating?" Maybe married couples already do this. Ask genuinely and two things occur:

1. You serve your friends by allowing them an avenue to voice their opinions. If they have been around you a lot, your friends probably have things to say. You thus save them the agony of trying to discern an appropriate time to lovingly engage you and your quirks that annoy them (and that they probably repent over to prevent holding grudges in order to love you for your sake).
2. Your friend serves you by pointing out ways you can become a more thoughtful version of yourself, a more loving version of yourself, a better version of yourself.

And the final result is a strengthened friendship regardless because both parties have shown that the opinions of the other are of significant value. Try it.