Epics of India

In " Why do So Many Managers Avoid Giving Praise ," I can see that often bosses are so hesitant on giving praise, as they do not know how to balance between the praises and the criticism. It can often be perceived negatively if the boss only gives out negative reviews, which can often times be critical according to the employees. Rather, in the surveys, from both sides, they would feel much better if the boss gives out praises as well as constructive criticism. Also, if there were praises, the article emphasizes that the praises must be highly specific and not just a "good job" as it gives more information to the workers what they are doing well on so they can continue in such a pattern. Therefore, in balance, would create criticism more effectively. In another article, titled " Be a Mirror " It again talks about the importance of growth mindset. One of the suggestions that intrigued me was, towards the end, the author talks about how if we start praisin...

R eading some of the articles on the importance of feedback and overall creating a growth mindset, there are some things that I think is worth mentioning in terms of what I took from them. In " A fixed mindset could be holding you back -- here's how to change it ," the author explicitly tells the importance of children not  being  exposed to failure as part of the "everyone wins" curriculum that seems to be apparent in most places, even at home. Due to this, children, as they grow up, have a fixed mindset and whenever they reach the blunder of failure, it attacks their "sense of identity." This is incredibly important as due to the fact that they were never quite been fully exposed to failure, they do not have  the  necessary coping mechanism to deal with it. If  they  were always touted as "brilliant" or "genius" when they were younger, they never quite understood the concept of being able to get back up and try again. In fact, mo...