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How can you give good feedback?

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We all work for someone or something. That work is probably tangible. That means, it can be observed, evaluated, referenced, used, and improved upon. You submit a thesis draft to your professor, or you submit a report to your employer. You then ask for feedback because good work gets you ahead. More often than not, that feedback is a question mark. It is just hard to understand what the feedback means. It is probably vague, contains a remark, and delayed. Have you always found such feedback useful? Feedback should be F.A.S.T. Quality Feedback has structured components. Sometimes you get feedback which has no tangible value. Let us say you drafted a plan for a promotional event.  Imagine that your employer replies to you after 1 week with the following: "Thanks, I checked your work. Improve it a bit.". And then your thoughts start flooding your brain. Improve what? What did you check? I spent 50 hours on it. I checked everything. Is something wrong? Did I miss something? What...

The problems with popular psychology

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Today, I will discuss some of the main problems of popular psychology. These are related to mass awareness of certain concepts and data. Because we have access to so much psychology, a lot of trash is generated. Psychology is a science. However, people seem to corrupt the scientific endeavour and turn it into quackery. Take, for example, the widespread understanding of personality based on the Myers Briggs type inventory (MBTI). At least 2 million people take the official test every year. How many million more take its ripoffs on BuzzFeed and Meaaw? The test is questionable. Its ripoffs.. even more so! Yet, people label their lives based on its results. Are people drowning in the incorrect use of psychology? This article may sound harsh but it'll give you plenty to think about. I am not accusing people who believe the following, I am underscoring how pervasive the spread of incorrect information is . I generally find the following aspects of popular psychology bothersome. There i...