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The idea of feedforward outlined in Try Feedforward Instead of Feedback by Marshall Goldsmith is an interesting one. I especially admire how the theory allows groups to get together and help each other even if they don't know a lot of background information about the others around them. They can simply be told what the person hopes to achieve in the future, and receive a few tips on how to achieve that. It seems like a foolproof method. Though this may not help when simply reading and commenting on posts, it may be helpful in the wider scope of life. In Presence, Not Praise by Maria Popova, the importance of process and progress is exemplified, something perhaps even more important than the concept of feedforward. Popova talked about how praising children for effort rather than innate skill was significant. This should, perhaps, be applied to all praise, and perhaps I can find a way to apply it to my commentary this semester. Cheerleader by pecanpieguy

In 6 Bad Mental Habits that Sabotage Your Success, the author constructs her advice well. Rather than just saying what you  are doing wrong, which I have seen some authors do and just leave it at that, she gently encourages the reader to be positive in concrete ways. She suggests making an extra effort to focus on what you can do rather than what you can't or what's holding you back. She suggests being less harsh with yourself by talking to yourself like you do your good friends, which is something I learned to do not too long ago. It helps immensely. The author seems to understand that you can't just throw ideas at people and make them figure out how to enact them. It helps to be helpful. The author does this in the way that she points out problems and offers simple, concrete solutions. In Recalibrating the Perfectionist Mind , though it is after a longer description, the author of this article also begins to offer solutions to letting go of perfectionism, such as makin...