Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down
In an era of information overload, feedback has basically been reduced to a thumbs up or thumbs down. We need not take either too close to heart.
A thumbs down doesn't provide any insight into what was disliked. It only begs more questions...
Did they disagree, did something break for them, or were they just having a bad day?
Dissproval without feedback isn't much of anything.
The feedback to pay attention to is from the ones who are invested in you and what you're doing. Feedback from the ones who have followed your journey and know your story is what's valuable. A random thumbs down from a stranger or someone detached from your situation shouldn't capture your attention any more than what the person ate for breakfast.
What people feel and think cannot be condensed to a thumbs up or thumbs down. So don't take either too seriously. And especially the thumbs down.
If we allow our self esteem to be tied to the various methods of social approval/disproval we will end up living on a roller coaster.
Measure your effectiveness by impact not by likes, comments, share's or approvals.
Get better based on constructive feedback. Ignore the thumbs down, both online and from the people who aren't invested in you.
A thumbs down doesn't provide any insight into what was disliked. It only begs more questions...
Did they disagree, did something break for them, or were they just having a bad day?
Dissproval without feedback isn't much of anything.
The feedback to pay attention to is from the ones who are invested in you and what you're doing. Feedback from the ones who have followed your journey and know your story is what's valuable. A random thumbs down from a stranger or someone detached from your situation shouldn't capture your attention any more than what the person ate for breakfast.
What people feel and think cannot be condensed to a thumbs up or thumbs down. So don't take either too seriously. And especially the thumbs down.
If we allow our self esteem to be tied to the various methods of social approval/disproval we will end up living on a roller coaster.
Measure your effectiveness by impact not by likes, comments, share's or approvals.
Get better based on constructive feedback. Ignore the thumbs down, both online and from the people who aren't invested in you.
Appears many fall into depression from likes and should I say, more from dislikes. We post something and wait in anticipation; hoping for likes or comments, etc. Life is way too short to base our happiness on thumbs up or thumbs down.. Thank you, I have something too ponder, in my own self today...
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