IE Chris (FA20)

  Feedback Strategies: Part 3 Feedforward, not Feedback How to Give Bad Feedback Without being a Jerk I read the articles listed above and had some interesting thoughts generated as a result.  The "giving feedback without sounding like a jerk" article was interesting. The concepts within about leveling yourself on the same level as of who you're giving feedback to is good. I also like it framed from the aspect of "I've received this such feedback and it helped me". Also, avoiding compliment sandwiches for the reasons spelled out in the article was an interesting concept. Usually I find it nice to hear positive feedback but I guess it can come off as insincere if you're not careful about the wording. As far as the feedforward article, I thought that it made a good point in terms of we should give criticism that focuses on the future and not the past. At first and still to an extent, this seems like a bit of a silly oversimplification to me. The future doe...

Feedback Thoughts rewire your self-critical brain seven ways to crush self-doubt As someone who is CONSTANTLY creating (performing, composing, writing research papers), it seems that so often, our mindset is the biggest inhibitor. It can be so easy to get hung up on a small factor and let it deter your progress completely. The concept of REBS, or reality-based self-congratulation, definitely helps me to face the reality that is reality. For instance, in my practice schedule, I aim for 4 hours a day, 6 days a week. However, with reality, that doesn't always happen. For instance, the other day I had to have a few meetings regarding a graduation check and scheduling for a degree-required event. Those meetings both had to take place between 8-5, so that infringed on some of my practice time as well. However they were important and necessary to get done so I did them. That's the reality of life sometimes.  From the other article, I definitely could use the advice of not comparing my...