From Here To India- My Epics of India Course Blog

     When I first read these articles, I realized that I have been giving feedback wrong for probably most of my life. These articles, and the feedback gallery, opened my eyes on this oversight, and also gave me ideas of more helpful feedback that I can give going forward.      The first article that I read was The Difference Between Praise and Feedback . It opened my eyes to the fact that praise tends to put people into a fixed mindset, and that if we want to get others into the growth mindset, then we need to be able to provide feedback.      The second article I read was 5 Reasons to Stop Saying Good Job . I enjoyed this one, because it offered some reasons about why we shouldn't simply just tell people "Good Job!". It makes us more dependent on that person for praise, even our self worth.      Overall I think these were very useful articles, because it pointed out to me an area where I can grow as a person. My parents...

     Hi everyone, for this post I wanted to talk about my thoughts on the Feedback Assignment for this week.      So the first article I read for this assignment was called "11 Signs You Are a Perfectionist". As a perfectionist myself, this article spoke VOLUMES to me. I demonstrate a lot of those signs listed in the article. A couple of signs that stood out to me in particulare were #5. You Are Extremely Hard on Yourself, and #7. You Have Extremely High Standards. I am my own worst critic, and when something goes wrong or I make a mistake, I tend to beat myself up over it. It's horrible, and it's something I'm trying to work on. As for the high standards one... oh boy. This is something I'm also trying to work on, but I have VERY high standards, both for myself and others. It's something that has probably strained relationships with some of my friends and family before, because I hold myself to such high standards and expect others to be the same way. ...