Some feedback is destructive and demoralising,but it needn’t be. There are a few simple rules to aim to follow when giving it. Look for them when seeking it. [...]
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Some feedback is destructive and demoralising,but it needn’t be. There are a few simple rules to aim to follow when giving it. Look for them when seeking it. [...] Thomas Edison was far from being the first person to come up with the idea for how to make an electric light. He was the one prepared to fail thousands of times developing the idea. [...] ‘Success’has two almost contradictory meanings. The common one damages a lot of people. Let’s analyse it. [...] I recently heard a powerful and moving quote from best-selling thriller writer Jack Higgins (aka Harry Patterson),author of ‘The Eagle Has Landed’. Apparently Higgins was asked if there was anything he wished he had been told when younger. He replied,“I wish someone had told me that when I got to the top there [...] What is stuff like photos of cats and a review of the Roxy Music Revisited albums doing on a blog I thought was going to help me live with depression? [...] When you’re depressed and you feel useless and can’t get yourself to do any of the things you used to be good at and enjoy…. [...] How come a man with everything could write such negative ramblings? Maybe the existence of the book of Ecclesiastes can help us understood one source of depression. [...] Positive self-talk often work but needs to be used with care. Here are some suggestions. [...] I used to have absurdly high expectations of other people. Sometimes I still do. I’m stupid. [...] As a teenager I started to experience chronic depression. This is part of how it felt,and what I learned. [...] Some people are chatting Some people are chatting. As you approach them you feel painfully self-conscious because they’re in a group and you’re on your own. You make a show of looking at your watch,and then speed up as if late for an appointment. Somehow walking faster feels better. As you’re passing they [...] | |||||
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