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I have had a relatively large amount of experience giving feedback to others in a work environment, as well as in a leadership position. In my sorority, I was the vice president for a year. In this position, I was primarily responsible for discipline and member development. Basically, I gave feedback to members of my sorority for an entire year. This taught me a lot about how people respond to feedback, as well as how I respond when others give me feedback. I found that when you extend grace to others, more times than not it is returned to you. Also, most people respond well to feedback when it is offered lovingly and confidently. When you shy away from conflict and deliver feedback with a scared attitude or are too harsh, no one wants to hear it and no one responds well. From the gallery, I really related to the topic of being specific about problems that need to be fixed. If you just say something like "I like it but it can be better," that doesn't help anyone! When you...

Feedback is something that I took kind of a long time to learn and appreciate. I have always strived for perfection in my life, but growing up I hated receiving feedback and constructive criticism. I think this probably stems from immaturity, but now that I am older, I have learned the importance and goodness that comes with receiving feedback well and using it to your own advantage. At the camp in Arkansas I work at during the summers, the leadership team puts a large emphasis on adjusting and affirming feedback. Adjusting feedback is giving and receiving feedback that adjusts and suggests changes to what you are doing, and affirming feedback encourages what you are doing. I really appreciate feedback of both types because they both show how you can continue to improve and get closer to being the best version of yourself.  Feedback!  One of the articles I read, " 6 Hidden Downsides of Perfectionism ," was incredibly convicting to me because I often think of perfectioni...