Feedback Strategies

Article 1: How to Provide Great Feedback when You're Not in Charge

Article 2: How to Give Back Feedback Without Sounding Like a Jerk

The first article discussed how there's three different types of feedback. The two that I'd probably focus the most on in this class are the appreciation and the advice type. Everyone wants to feel like their work is appreciated and good, but you also want to make sure that people are going to change what you feel needs to be changed in order to get the best grade possible. If your feedback doesn't help them do better now or in the future, what's the point of it.

Article 2 says to stop praising people at the beginning of the feedback, because people are just bracing themselves for the bad stuff. He's suggesting that they need a transparent monologue and that also to make sure that you explain why they're giving the feedback.

I also have a hard time giving and taking feedback, so I think these articles will help me be better about giving out feedback and also receiving feedback about my own work.

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Feedback Thoughts

Article 1: Silence the Critical Voices in Your Head by Sabina Nawaz 

Article 2: Why Rejection Hurts So Much - And What To Do About It by Guy Winch

The first article gave an example of a man named Rajeev who focused on the critical words of a critic and ignored the positive. That's frequently what I end up doing. I wouldn't see the things people said they liked about the things they're looking at for me, I just focus on what they want me to change. The article gave 4 steps of what to do to focus on the positive parts on review. I think if I did that, things would get a lot easier for me and I would be less frustrated after getting feedback. The second article pointed out how the hurt we feel when getting rejected is self-inflicted. What I found most interesting about the article is how in an MRI the same place the brain processes physical pain lights up when we think about rejection. I thought that was fascinating to read and it really made me reconsider how I look at rejection. The article proceeded to talk about stopping self criticism and having more self worth, which I think all people need to work on and also think it could help a lot of people feel better about themselves on a day to day basis.

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