Feedback Strategies

Feedback is important in this era and often underestimated. The first important article I read was Why Do So Many Managers Avoid Giving Praise?. In the work place, managers have this mindset that they are doing the right thing with negative feedback, rather than praising their workers for doing the right thing. Sincere praise will go a long way in productivity and morale. The next article I read was Five Reasons to Stop Saying "Good Job!". The most important takeaway I got from this article was that excessively saying good job created praise junkies who will never find more pleasure in life than from this easy way out. It is a habit that almost everyone has, but can be overcome.

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Feedback Thoughts: Learning About Positive Assessment

I think more professors and teachers need to be more feedback positive and less grade negative. So much pressure is forced onto kids at such a young age to be perfect and it doesn't lead to any successful impacts. The first article that caught my attention was Why rejection hurts so much - and what to do about it. As I learned, the part of the brain that registers rejection is also the area that gives use the experience of physical pain. The best way to deal with rejection is the increase your self-worth, avoid self-criticism, and to boost feelings of social connection. As social animals, we want to be accepted by our society, so we often rely on those opinions of people surrounding us. I hope to take these lessons and work on my own ability to process rejection and to have a better sense of self-worth.
The next article I read was Silence the Critical Voices in Your Head and I found it very informing. The most important area of this article was the four step plan into how to ignore negativity and increase productivity. These steps are look for the positive, hear the positive, dig in to understand the positive, and to believe the positive and act as if it were true. It follows the story of Rajeev, an executive vice president for a billion-dollar business. As he focused more on the negative effects of the job, he lost control of his mind. It became more negative and lead to decreased work productivity, so these four steps turned that negativity around.
I find that positive feedback is essential in mental health and stability. Increasing your productivity and work ethic, these more positive mind growth tools can help in the work place and at home. All ways of life are increasingly productive with positive feedback.


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