Feedback Thoughts



I have just read two articles which talk about learning through mistakes.

The first article tells the story of a CEO of a big company who moved quickly up the food chain, but the higher he went, the less feedback he got from his superiors. This caused him to have more and more negative thoughts as he didn't know what he's doing right and what he's doing wrong. He hired the article's writer as a coach, who interviewed his employees and told him what they said. They mostly said positive things, and only a few negative things, but that caused him to focus on the bad things even more. The article tells us to take positive feedback and cherish it, but not to ignore the negative feedback. This will help us improve in our work

The second article talks about encouraging people to try new things, even if you will make mistakes, because that's how one learns. In fact, they even say “If you are not making mistakes, you’re not taking enough risks.”, which I agree with. It's much better to step out of your comfort zone and start learning, with mistakes along the way, than stay within it and just be right all the time. 

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