The Once and Future Blog

For the first article I read, the title immediately struck a chord with me:  Five Reasons to Stop Saying "Good Job!" . If you've read my other feedback articles, you'll know immediately that the rest of this one is going to be interspersed with references to judging in Magic, and this article hits it close. One of the first pieces of feedback I got on my feedback was to avoid praise that wasn't specific, with a different reasoning than this article hits - by and large, so that people who are doing something well know exactly what  they're doing well, and to keep it up. This article focuses largely on younger children, but the fifth point still stands well for everyone. When you simply say "Good Job!", you ignore things that may have been done specifically well, and you minimize things that could use legitimate criticism. From the  Feedback Cats For the second article, I decided to look at a strategy I was unfamiliar with:  Be a Mirror . While ...

Much of my thoughts around feedback come almost entirely from feedback in the Magic Judge program. The culture of feedback that has developed in it has impressed very heavily onto me, as elaborated on at first on my Growth Mindset article. How to Get Past Negativity Bias in Order to Hardwire Positive Experiences I think this article has a good idea and plan, but the actual implementation leaves something to be lacking. For some, it could lead to not just associating good experiences with bad, but bad with good. Over-association of positive stimuli can lead its connection to negative stimuli. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding the article, but the idea of "think and connect" seems to minimize the impact that negative emotions can have, almost like a "don't be sad" sort of message. Why rejection hurts so much — and what to do about it Taking negative feedback and rejection is difficult. To be told you aren't good enough, aren't the right candidate, or ...