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Self Criticism


With this post, I am discussing my thoughts on the two articles I read over discussing feedback and how it can have a positive or negative effect on one's self and their work.

The first article I read was titled Silence the Critical Voices in Your Head. One idea that this article promoted was the practice of enforcing positive thoughts from yourself. They called it "5 positive voices for every one negative voice." This simply means looking for five different positive outcomes form a negative situation. This practice would seem to make light of a negative situation as well as give helpful feedback from a negative outcome. I would like to start using this practice to see how it affects me in the future with my mistakes.

The other article I read was titled Why Rejection Hurts So Much and What to Do About It. This article shines a light on self-criticism and really places most of the rejection blame on our own blame. This article shows how mocu more detrimental self-criticism is than criticism from others. We tend to build up and overestimate the amount of criticism we receive in our own heads and that leads to thoughts of failure. Because of this article, I will try and be more self-reflective rather than a self-critic.
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  1. Madeleine PatovistiSeptember 7, 2019 at 10:09 AM

    Hi Ryan!

    I love the article about 5 positive voices for every 1 negative voice. I feel like this is something important that every person can gain from. Whether it be negative thoughts about school, family, social life, or self, we should always combat those thoughts with positive affirmations that remind us how lucky we are to be living the lives we are living.

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