Greetings-
This week’s motivation
comes from lessons on how to deal with criticism.
Julia was a PhD student at Stanford. After several years of work, she submitted her paper for publication. As due process, some months later she received 'reviews', that is, 10 single spaced pages criticizing her paper. Julia was crushed. She felt judged. Her work was flawed, and by extension so was she.
Her Professor suggested a change in mindset. She suggested, Julia it is the reviewer's job to critique. Your job is to rebut, refine and re-submit an improved version. This is not about you. It is not personal. It is just everyone doing their job. Suddenly, Julia felt enthused again. She came back strong to improve and defend her work. Her resubmission was accepted and proudly published.
This week, let us too learn how to 'fine-tune' our mindset when facing 10 pages of typed criticism!
Julia was a PhD student at Stanford. After several years of work, she submitted her paper for publication. As due process, some months later she received 'reviews', that is, 10 single spaced pages criticizing her paper. Julia was crushed. She felt judged. Her work was flawed, and by extension so was she.
Her Professor suggested a change in mindset. She suggested, Julia it is the reviewer's job to critique. Your job is to rebut, refine and re-submit an improved version. This is not about you. It is not personal. It is just everyone doing their job. Suddenly, Julia felt enthused again. She came back strong to improve and defend her work. Her resubmission was accepted and proudly published.
This week, let us too learn how to 'fine-tune' our mindset when facing 10 pages of typed criticism!
Have a great week!
-Your friends at Credo
