Feedback Thoughts

I am someone who does not like feedback and that's just because if I hear something negative or I have to change something because it is not good enough I feel awful about it and overthink everything. Instead of overthinking I should have been more grateful and take any feedback without being hurt or upset about it and know that everyone makes mistakes and you need to make mistakes in order to grow. I know understand that receiving feedback is a good thing and also having a growth mindset.


I read an article by Joel Almeida How to Tame Your Inner Critic: A Simple Habit to Rewire Your Brain. In this article, I learned about Joel's story and what he has gone through. I learned that making choices will either set you back or it will pay off, just depends on what choice you decide to make. Your biggest critique is yourself and I agree with that because I critique myself in everything that I do and I can be harsh on myself sometimes too. Once you rewire your brain to think differently and more in a positive way then you will grow as a person and also bring all that positive energy into your life. 



An article by John Spencer Seven Ways to Crush Self-Doubt in Creative Work. While reading this article I realised that I also second doubt myself all the time. In the article, John mentioned not comparing yourself to others but I think it is very hard to not compare because of the expectations we all have. When you see someone succeeding more than yourself then you do compare and you do doubt your abilities but I guess we all just need to learn that comparing won't bring us anywhere near success. In the article, it said to embrace a growth mindset and after learning about growth mindset last week I totally agree that growth mindset and being able to try new things and challenging yourself will bring more positivity and let you grow as an individual. 


Mistakes
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Feedback
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I am open to any feedback and once I will receive it I will for sure use it in a positive way for schoolwork, social life, and just in my day-to-day life. The most negative feedback that I have received was when someone from my art class said my drawing didn't look like the image I was copying from so that day I went back home and for the rest of the week that comment was in my mind, am I not good enough? Maybe I should stop drawing ? I realised that one person's negativity can bring your whole week down and at the end of the week I decided you know what I am good enough and I started drawing and painting, practicing my skills and many months went by and I kept getting better and better and then I started winning art awards in school and getting more compliments on my work and I realised that once you start trying and putting in your best effort you will succeed.  So yes feedback is great but make sure not to hurt someone deep. 

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  1. judyOctober 10, 2021 at 5:55 PM

    Hi milena,
    Very interesting post on feedback yes I also feel the same which is why I don't ask for feedback because I don't want to hear any other answer than the one I was expecting but reading those articles helped me open up and listen to advices. That could help me with more thoughts and ideas that I never thought of.

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