Hannah's Indian Epics Blog

Image Credit. Helping Hands by Bob Sambol. Source: Flickr .       Feedback for me is good when it is concise, constructive, and specific. I like knowing where I excelled and where I fell short. I think that feedback is a necessary part of improving. If you do not know what to fix, how can you fix it? Negative, harsh, or degrading feedback can be counterproductive. When giving feedback it is important to stay constructive and make sure that the comments you are giving are helpful and easy to understand.       The first article I read was  Be a Mirror: Give Readers Feedback That Fosters A Growth Mindset  by Gravity Goldberg. The advice this article gives goes along with most of what I said in the intro. It mentions taking yourself out of the feedback which I think is extremely important and something that most people find difficult to do. If you stay more focused on who you are giving feedback to and strive to think less about wha...

Image Credit. Feedback? by Josefine H. Akerblom. Taken January 2015. Source: Flickr .   The first article I read was  Seven Ways to Crush Self-Doubt in Creative Work  by John Spencer. I LOVED this article. I think that John Spencer's advice applies to creative work, a workplace, and self-doubt in everyday life. His advice is far-reaching as far as I'm concerned. The first piece of advice he offers is don't compare yourself to others. In a world where Instagram, Facebook, and other social medias make viewing even the most private moments of others lives easily accessible it's hard not to compare yourself to others. However, I see the importance of trying to make yourself your only comparison. If instead of spending energy focusing on other people's lives we spent that energy on our own lives we would be able to make progress more quickly and more concisely. Another tip he gave that stood out to me is to set goals that are within your control. When goals are se...