Feedback is a Gift

Feedback is survival (and so much more) Put your hand on a hot stove, and the feedback from your nervous system is pain. It causes you to jerk your hand away. It’s not a pleasant sensation! But without that unpleasant experience, courtesy of feedback from your functioning nervous system, you might just let your handContinue reading “Feedback is a Gift”

Self-Awareness and Empathy as Trainable Skills

I’m going to open today’s newsletter with what might be a controversial opinion:  I don’t believe in natural talent. I believe in training, practice, and passion.  When you see someone who has mastered a skill—such as playing an instrument, performing a one-armed handstand, or becoming a chess grandmaster—what you are seeing is the result ofContinue reading “Self-Awareness and Empathy as Trainable Skills”