4 Proven Ways to Kick Your Procrastination Habit | Ayelet Fishbach | TED

Feedback Challenges

Negative feedback often presents emotional and cognitive challenges that hinder learning. Ayelet Fishbach explains that emotionally, negative feedback feels bad, leading people to disengage and forget the feedback. Cognitively, it contradicts expectations, making it harder to process and learn from. This difficulty in learning from negative feedback can result in missing out on valuable information 1.

It's learning by elimination. So negative feedback is important. They're often unique lessons in negative feedback.

--- Ayelet Fishbach

Fishbach emphasizes the importance of overcoming these barriers to fully utilize the lessons embedded in negative feedback 1.

   

Advice Strategy

Using the strategy of giving advice can help overcome the negative impact of criticism and enhance learning. Ayelet Fishbach suggests that giving advice not only empowers individuals but also forces them to reflect on their own experiences and learnings. This approach helps tackle both emotional and cognitive barriers to learning from negative feedback 1.

It also forces you to think about what you have learned.

--- Ayelet Fishbach

By positioning oneself in a role of guidance, individuals can transform negative feedback into a positive learning experience 1.