Joe's Myths

Try Feedforward instead of Feedback This article provides an alternative to feedback, giving someone comments and suggestions about something they've done, in the form of feedforward, which is more focused on future events. This method seems like it would be a lot more productive, as you can still address any problems that you see in the past, but it's framed in such a manner as to provide optimism and hopefulness to the person receiving it. I think I will try implementing this new strategy whenever I'm leaving comments on other people's posts. Be a Mirror This article focuses on developing and maintaining a growth mindset, something that was discussed in detail last week. It stresses the importance and positive impact that fostering such a learning environment can provide. This idea centers mainly around making sure you are in the moment, not discouraged, and aware of why everything you're learning is important. Keeping these things in mind will make it easier ...

 Dealing with failure can be difficult. Picture Link 6 Mental Habits That Sabotage Your Scores  A few of these points really hit home for me. I love to make excuses. It's my favorite pastime. Seeing it explicitly stated like that made me realize how destructive of a habit it is, and I'm going to try to work on it. The other thing that made me think was when it talked about second guessing yourself. Whenever I'm not 100 percent sure about something, it's going to grind any progress I was making to a halt. I let that affect me way too much and will try to have more confidence even if I'm not entirely sure if I like what I'm doing. 8 Things to Do When You Make a Mistake  One of the major things this list brought to my attention was my need to be able to adjust to new situations. I tried very hard my first semester to treat college like high school. I did very little work or studying outside of class and just enjoyed all my downtime. This didn'...