Feedback Strategies

Of the listed articles from Week 2, I chose to read Seven Ways to Crush Self-Doubt in Creative Work by John Spencer. This article is about guiding the audience through self-doubt. John Spencer says, "self-doubt is a part of doing something really difficult that you care about deeply." I agree with John's statement. Self-doubt comes into someones mentality when they don't want to fail at something they'd like to be successful with. John really ties this together with his second method, to abandon perfectionism. We need to value the learning aspect of everything as well. As John says, self-doubt can crush confidence. Of the seven ways listed to crush self-doubt, my favorite one was to abandon perfectionism. People fear imperfection. This can cause someone to avoid progression and quit the task because it isn't perfect. Reading this article is beneficial in this course because writing is intricate. It takes time for someone to write the "perfect" story or the "perfect" book. 

Of the listed articles from Week 3, I read Try Feedforward Instead of Feedback by Marshall Goldsmith. Marshall talks about a different way to give feedback, feedforward. Marshall states "As such, feedback can be limited and static, as opposed to expansive and dynamic." The main focus behind feedforward is to provide a response to the other person that helps them in the future not in the past. Another interesting point Marshall makes is "It can be more productive to help people learn to be “right,” than prove they were “wrong."” Feedforward seems like it's an intriguing way of providing a good critique or comment on something they question. I think it would be beneficial to both people rather than just one. This type of communication avoids any negative support which helps provide a better response and a more comfortable way of receiving the response. 

Feedback is extremely beneficial. It's like a trial and error method that sometimes may never end. I think someone can never learn everything or learn too much. In previous writing courses like composition, we used feedback consistently. Feedback becomes useful because other people may see something that could be improved that you didn't notice before. Feedback can help shape your overall skills for anything because of the thought that we all don't think the same. I personally feel comfortable giving and receiving useful feedback. 

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