Drew Myth & Folk

The two articles I have chosen to review are Five Reasons to Stop Saying “Good Job!” and The difference between Praise and Feedback . He has five major points that he stops of which follow as Manipulating children, Creating praise junkies, Stealing a child’s pleasure Losing interest and Reducing achievement.   The two points that drew my attention the most were creating praise junkies this hits on the fact that kids are morphed into just going for the praise instead of working towards a good piece of quality work. This was good, because I think that is what is happening in the younger generation today. The second point of reducing achievement had some interesting points talked about how often times it is seen that kids that are awarded after a first task, often stumble on the next one. The Next article had three main points, Process praise, Praise and Personhood, Praise vs. Feedback. The first point talks about praising someone on the process rather than the outcome of wor...

The two articles I have chosen to write about are 5-second habit to rewire your harshly self-critical brain, as well as Seven ways to crush self-doubt. The first article was very interesting in where its main takeaway was REBS. This acronym stands for reality based self congratulation. it is supposed to make you step back and make you acknowledge that you are always worthy of respect, love and forgiveness. This practice is where you congratulate yourself for every small advance in something or every small victory, this is trying to make you create a steady stream of self-congratulation. The second article was very interesting in the aspect that i was very true to me. I often looks at others works, or successes and try to compare it to myself. The seven points the authors points out are as follows. Don't compare yourself to others, Abandon perfectionism, Be vulnerable to a trusted community, Embrace a growth mindset, Set goals that are within your control,  Treat your work like ...