I try to remind myself that some feedback is not alation, it's just taste. Ia, a simple example that happens every year in my midcourse feedback forms is some students will say they want me to lecture more, and others will say they wanted me to lecture less. And i think the perfect solution is to do neither, and that will leave you all a little bit unhappy. Sometimes your feedback is actually just your opinion. It's it's not an objective ofvaluation. You asked what techniques i might have. I have a fortune cooki fortune taped on my laptop, which is the best advice i've ever been given - avoid compulsively making things worsehaha,
In an illuminating and cerebral discussion, Adam Grant discusses his new book “Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know”—and the value of checking in and checking up on yourself.