Absorbing Feedback

The Gradient Descent, which is a machine learning technique used in a neural network, provides us with this insight:

If we take absorb too much feedback for our actions towards our goal, we will move extremely slow and can fall back or settle for some mediocre solution.
If we ignore all feedback and just act, we may probably never reach our goal.

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The Art of Unlearning | Scott H Young

"It ain't what you know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so." - Mark Twain Most people think about learning as adding knowledge and skills. When you learn French, you learn that the word, avoir means "to have."

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It ain’t what you know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.

Mark Twain

The most useful learning

Most people think about learning as adding knowledge and skills. You now have a new fact in your mind that didn’t exist before.

The most useful learning isn’t usually a strict addition of new knowledge, but first unlearning something false or unhelpful.

Types of Unlearning

Straightforward refutation of the old idea. This complete refutation is atypical. More likely the new knowledge doesn’t contradict the old one, but it may modify it in some way.
The new knowledge revises a simpler picture by filling it with more complex details. This is similar to adding new knowledge, although because the older, simpler view of the issue has been overwritten with more detail, there is some unlearning going on.

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Three Star Leadership | Wally Bock | The 4 R's of Receiving Feedback

You know feedback is good for you, right? After all, "Feedback is the breakfast of champions" has been a staple of self-development wisdom since Ken Blanchard first said it. So, okay, here comes your boss, or a colleague, or a friend, with a wide load of feedback just for you.

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The 4 R’s of Receiving Feedback

Respond: Just say “Thank you.”
Record: You will rarely have time to process feedback right away. But don’t trust your memory for later. Record the details.

Aarna Agarwal

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Cognitive Bias: How Your Mind Plays Tricks on You and How to Overcome That

Last year, your company rolled out a new product. It hasn't gained any traction. And yet, you're still putting time, money, and sweat into the failing proposition. "We can't quit now. We've already invested so much." Welcome to the fascinating and frustrating world of cognitive bias...

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Cognitive biases

...are common thinking errors that harm our rational decision-making.

We don't always see things as they are. We don't simply glean information through the senses and act on it; inste...

Optimism Bias

Is our tendency to overestimate the odds of our own success compared to other people's.

Overly optimistic predictions can be dangerous, leading us to waste time and resources pursuing unrealistic goals. In the real world of business, things don't always work out for the best, and it serves us well to know when conditions are not on our side.

How to control the optimism bias

Be skeptical of your own rosy expectations for your work.
Assume projects will be more difficult and more expensive than you initially think they will.
Don't trust your good ideas to manifest through positive thinking - be ready to fight for them.
Trust the numbers. Numbers are firm but fair, and getting intimate with your business's cash flow can help you make more rational decisions.

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