Mythology and Folklore

The first article I read was " Try Feedforward instead of Feedback " by Marshall Goldsmith: I thought the focus on future changes was an interesting idea. Instead of focusing on what happened in the past, the article advocates for ideas how to do things in the future. I feel like this advice could be helpful, but it seems it could be too general. Especially with it saying the feedforward could come from anyone that, even people who don't know you. I think this may lead to people getting really generalized advice when they may just need help in a very specific way. I do agree though that it's easy for people to take feedback personally, and by focusing on future tasks, it alleviates some of that feeling. I think point 7 in the link is the biggest part. It's just uncomfortable to criticize someone's performance and it feels bad to receive it.  The second article was ' Five Reasons to Stop Saying "Good Job" ' by Alfie Kohn: I never really though...

( Simple Feedback by Trevithj)   The first article I read was " Why Rejection Hurts so Much - and What to do About It " by Guy Winch: The main takeaway I got from this article is that the reaction people have from rejection is mostly the self depreciation people after the fact. I'm applying to medical schools to this semester and I've already been placed on waitlists, I know it's not the same as outright rejection, but it's still hard to not replay my interview over and over in my head. I agonize over every response and just keep wondering where and why I went wrong. I expect to receive many more rejections, so hopefully I develop some better coping mechanisms. I definitely think some of the strategies discussed here would help me. Things like replacing self deprecating internal thoughts with actually helpful ones would be good, but I feel like it's difficult to not take it at least somewhat personally. I do like the advice to be more social but in the ag...