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Feedback Cartoon The first article I chose to read was How to Give Feedback Without Sounding Like a Jerk .  I chose this article because I struggle with giving feedback for the fear of offending anyone or maybe feeling it may not be my place. The blog begins by explaining the often way people give feedback by using " The compliment Sandwich". This method is used by giving a compliment at the beginning, the feedback or criticism as the meat, and another compliment at the end of the feedback. The fault in this method is by people seeing right through it and feeling that the compliments are insincere and just a kindness to soften the blow. The other fault in this is people only hearing the compliments and glossing over the negative feedback. The article further gave ways to give positive feedback in a way that will be constructive for both the receiver and the giver. The first piece of advice was to explain your feedback. If you give reasons why you are giving comments it ...

Awesome Quote :) I really enjoyed reading the articles I chose! They put a new perspective on accepting mistakes as being human comes with imperfections. These articles shed new light on how I really let self-doubt take control over so many aspects of my life. They showed me how I constantly tend to give in to the negative voices in my head telling me I'm not good enough or that someone else is better equipped to do it. I hope these articles gave people a new perspective as it did to me. The first article I chose to read was Silence the Critical Voices in Your Head by Sabina Nawaz. This article spoke of how people are naturally wired to react more to negative feedback than positive. It also showed how people tend to really fixate on these negative voices in their heads which can eventually limit your progress and growth in life. She gave an example of this gentleman who was successful and as his success grew he would tend to worry and fall into listening to his own doubts...