The first article I read this week was called 'Be a Mirror: Give Readers Feedback That Fosters a Growth Mindset', by Gravity Goldberg. I found this article quite interesting as it made me think about my own mindset and how I feel about my own abilities. In this article Goldberg talks about how many of us have a fixed mindset on how well our abilities are, and this often stops us from putting in extra effort as there is not point because our abilities what allow us to achieve this high anyway. In order to change this, he speaks about idea of being a mirror when giving feedback. One of the strategies Goldberg talks about is to focus on what the reader is doing and not what is missing, as a mirror cannot reflect back what is not there.
I enjoyed this article as it made me think about my own mindset and abilities.
The second article I read was 'Why Do So Many Managers Avoid Giving Praise' by Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman. This article was interesting as it spoke about why feedback is often not given, one of the reasons is because of the anxiety behind the answer and response that they may get back. It was interesting to see how many people avoid giving positive and. negative feedback, when feedback can have such an effect on how people work.
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