Epic Things

You can learn from criticism (Source: Cheezburger ) I am completely in love with the term feedforward . It is such a good positive outlook on the traditional term, feedback. Marshall Goldsmith explains it the best in his article Try Feedforward Instead of Feedback . As Goldsmith states, the reality is that none of us like receiving negative feedback nor giving them. We could all benefit a lot from learning the "right" rather than proving the "wrong". The problem with feedback is that it is focused too much on the past rather than the future. I recommend this article as it really convinced me of the large impact on saying feedforward instead of feedback,  Alfie Kohn reports in his article Five Reasons to Stop Saying "Good Job!"  on how a simple saying could be detrimental to the growth mindset. In my opinion, the saying is just so so boring! Kohn makes an excellent point in emphasizing how the saying can create a large amount of pressure to "keep up th...

Growing up I have always been expected to do the best, to be perfect, and to make no mistakes. In a traditional Asian household, I was expected to be a certain way or should I say, the perfect way. Critics were all I heard as a child, a teenager, and at most times now as an adult. Sometimes, I hear it in my own head. Whether it is in an interview "what are you saying" "you aren't making any sense" or even in an exam "you should know this", I am always bound to critic myself even when I do not mean to. Sabrina Nawaz makes a great point in her article Silence the Critical Voices in Your Head . All the echoes of negative thoughts in my head that I think would push me to my goal are actually preventing me from reaching them. As Nawaz emphasizes, we rely on dissecting our weaknesses to further our potential but fail to realize that most of our potential lies in our strength. I really liked how Nawaz was so relatable for me personally. Every sentence in thi...