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Constructive Feedback and Growth Mindset Try Feedforward Instead of Feedback by Marshall Goldsmith      I really enjoyed this article because I've had experiences with the strategies discussed and I think that they're very innovative and necessary. For some people, being a leader is such a power trip that they don't like the idea of receiving constructive feedback. Some people are just in leadership positions to enjoy power over others while being immune from scrutiny. They're not in it to actually lead people to a better place. Which, is the very reason leadership positions were invented in the first place; to give us some kind of orderly example to follow so that we could improve. Therefore, it's necessary that leaders receive feedback so that 1. we can make sure they're not just getting some power trip out of it and 2. to actually help our leaders help us improve. Which is what leaders are for. I also liked how this article changed feedback into ...

Feedback Loop A Fixed Mindset Could Be Holding You Back      As an athlete, I definitely related to the point that this article was making. There's an old saying (I don't remember who wrote it). "Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right." I feel that people who 'can't' do things are people who put themselves in that kind of a mental state before getting stuck physically. The people who don't put limits on themselves literally don't have as many limits. Our minds can be more powerful than we give them credit for.  Rewire Your Self-critical Brain      I feel like this article gave physical evidence to back up the point of the previous article. It falsified stigmatic ideas about our brains not growing passed a certain age. What's more, this article gave scientific evidence that our emotions can affect our brains physically. This idea is very powerful to me. It shows how feedback, criticism, and our ...