Charley's Blog

 Ways to give good feedback Link The two articles that I read were How to Provide Great Feedback When You're Not in Charge and What Kinds of Messages Help Kids Grow? . The article about feedback offered some very good suggestions. It suggested that it is always a good idea to give praise and make others feel appreciated. This is one that I was already aware of and I have put it into practice into my own life. I love when somebody tells me that I am doing a good job, so I try and tell everyone else that they are doing a good job. One important thing that the article talked about was how to give advice. With praise, your focus should be on the person, but with advice, your focus should be on the task. It is important to tell them specifically what they did right, and then tell them what could possibly be improved upon. The article ends with saying that you can ask others for feedback yourself, that way you create an environment of people that seek out feedback. The most impor...

  Quote about getting back up Link I'm a psych major, so I chose the two articles that seemed most appropriate for my major, Why it's so hard to hear negative feedback and Why rejection hurts so much . The thing that I really liked about the negative feedback article, is how it mentions that we can change the way in which our minds view negative feedback. You can begin to view it as a way to grow and better yourself, which can make it seem a little less daunting. I really enjoyed the article about rejection. People are just products of evolution, and that is something that I often forget. Rejection hurts because being rejected early on in our evolution could mean that the tribe is leaving you behind, it could be the difference of life or death. Understanding it doesn't make it hurt any less though. The article did talk about ways to make one feel better though. People are often self deprecating when they are rejected, and this is very unhealthy. It is much better to...