Reply To: Exercise 12: Feedforward
by Olivia Ong
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Leadership Step by Step Exercise 12: Feedforward
– Be realistic with how long things take in the morning
– Mentally or physically schedule things earlier than they actually are to give yourself a buffer
– If you think it’ll take you longer than you budgeted out for something, start 10 min. earlier
– If it can wait, don’t do it before you run out the door
– Write down what you want to do the night before
– Write down what you want/need to do the morning again
– Assume things will take longer than they do or say they will take
– Use pain and pleasure motivators with friends to hold myself accountable
– Set wall and car clocks 5 minutes fast
– Use copious amounts of notifications – i.e. a 30min. prior notification – up to 1 day before, 1 week before, 2 weeks before
– Add 15 minutes to your preparation time
– Budget out time for an activity – No matter what is happening, stop when you hit the timer/allotted time
– Be specific and concrete about what you need to do on a preplanned list
– eliminate all activities that are not on the list of critical items
– Write down what you need to do the night before
– Go to sleep earlier so you can wake up earlier
– Set a timer for an activity and no matter what, stop it when you hit the timer
Reflection:
The main difference between feedforward and feedback for me personally, is that feedforward seems like an emotionally neutral thing to receive, meaning that I don’t feel any emotional charges receiving feedforward. With feedback, it feels relatively easier to fall into a feeling of defensiveness about something I’ve done vs. my intention. And, even when the feedback seems to hit the nail on the head, sometimes feedback can hurt and/or I can feel a reluctance to accept it if there is an emotional charge around it. Feedforward, by comparison, feels much more like proactive brainstorming to me.
Others seemed interested and willing to help out in the feedforward exercise. People seemed to care about giving me unique advice or tailored advice based on my personal experience. I felt cared for and supported during the exercise.
I don’t think I got useless advice, but I did feel like some advice is easier to practice than others. Perhaps some advice was redundant for things I’ve already done, i.e. manually setting clocks faster, but it didn’t feel useless. Rather, I felt like I was on the right track.
I feel like feedforward is an exercise that can be used in the areas of tangible self-improvement. Even if it’s not a concrete thought or focus quite yet, I believe I could use it to obtain useful strategies to try to see what clicks and what doesn’t.