Feedback Thoughts
Feedback Thoughts
Neil Gaiman's advice on the creative life
While reading this article I felt that I could relate to many aspects of Neil Gaiman's mindset. Throughout this piece he conveys brilliant ideology on courage and the creative life. His opinion about making mistakes "Make new mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes, make mistakes nobody's ever made before." is inspirational because it is a statement which stops you and makes you think about your past experiences with mistakes you've made and the fear of making mistakes.
When I was in secondary school I was afraid to make mistakes as I was fearful of the consequences. When I completed school I was unsure of what I wanted to do in college and this fear prevented me from starting college straight away. After two years of working full time I decided to stop living in a mindset controlled by fear and I took action. When I was researching courses I was drawn to the Creative Digital Media course because I have always had a creative nature. I was fearful that I might have been behind in this course before even attending because I never studied art in secondary school or had experience in the software used in this course such as Photoshop. I believe my personal experience is an example of how I was not afraid to make mistakes. I believed that if I joined the course and I was successful that the experience would be worth it but if I did not enjoy the course the experience would also be worth it. Neither outcome would have been a mistake but a growth in my life pushing me further in the direction of where I would like to be.
In his speech featured on the article post he discusses how he never went to college to become a writer and that he barley finished school. Instead when he was 15 years old he wrote a list of what he wanted to do and acted accordingly. I found this interesting because I would assume that it's impossible to become a writer without a degree however he mentions that "if you don't know something is impossible it's easier to do". Believing this advice and encouraging yourself in this way about making mistakes can help you grow as a worker and in your creative life.
Why it's so hard to hear negative feedback
Not listening
While reading this article I thought that Tim Herrea's take on hearing negative feedback was interesting. If you had a performance review in work or college coming up, you might be nervous or anxious about what would be said. Nobody wants to feel like their not doing their best in their career or education, personally I want to succeed when I am passionate about something. However this is not possible all the time. It is actually positive hearing other people's perspective on how you are preforming as you might be corrected on something you might not have recognized your doing or not doing.
I can relate to Herrea's words because I would look forward to hearing feedback about my work so that I can improve and know where I stand in certain areas. In work over the weekend, as part of one of my tasks, I had to visual merchandise the new collection of bags and shoes on the shop floor. When I completed this task I approached both of my managers asking them for feedback. I asked them what is wrong about the display, why it is wrong and how I could make it look more appealing. I did not have a fear of hearing any negative feedback as I wanted to do the best I could and further my knowledge.
What Tim Herrea had to say about hearing negative feedback encouraged me to take his advice into action when dealing with everyday life and also to have confidence to give others feedback. This advice could benefit you in college life, work life and in your personal life to not take offence to constructive criticism.
"Mistakes push you forward" https://www.fluentin3months.com/make-mistakes/
"Faith or fear" https://bit.ly/36Tnh0y
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"Neil Gaiman's advice on the creative life" https://bit.ly/33ORPyN
"Why it's so hard to hear negative feedback" https://nyti.ms/3lFHawt
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