6 Bad Mental Habits That Sabotage Your Success: This article was extremely relatable to me and my previous experiences. In the past, I have had the bad habit of thinking of what-if scenarios and thinking of the worst that could happen. This is still somewhat true when I think of ideas for potential business ventures, I think of everything that could go wrong which deters me from actually pursuing ideas that could end up working out. However, my entrepreneurship courses here at OU have helped me stop thinking of all the negative things that could happen. The mindset I have acquired is being prepared for every situation, but not worrying about all those things because that is counter-intuitive.
Why rejection hurts so much — and what to do about it: This article is also relatable to me and can help me in the future with my businesses. I usually tend to let rejection get the best of me which leads to bad decisions moving forward. I also tend to criticize myself too harshly especially when I'm doing bad in a video game. However, I know that I will be rejected plenty of times in the future especially since I want to start a business and not everyone is going to want to be a customer of my business. Letting that rejection get to me will surely hurt me and will ultimately lead to many failures. Being able to handle rejection and not let it get in my head will be a vital key to succeeding.
I think feedback as a whole is tremendously helpful for anyone pursuing basically anything. Feedback lets you know how you can improve and evolve as a person. Not being able to take feedback only causes a person to not grow and potentially continue on a path that will lead to failure. When I was younger, I didn't like getting feedback because I felt it was a personal attack sometimes. However, going through football in high school helped me realize how good feedback can help me achieve my goals. I have also received important feedback here at OU that I needed in order to be where I am today.
(Get Feedback, Use Feedback: Aaron Goodwin, Flickr)
I have much of the same viewpoint as you when it comes to feedback. I can really see your business background coming out here, which is great! It is nice to see someone that will more than likely be running their own business so accepting to feedback. I believe to have a good business you need to abide by the customer, so that is taking their feedback and implementing it.
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