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Useful Feedback, Not Reassurance

Reassurance—while it’s calming—never lasts. Godin says:

There’s never enough reassurance to make up for a lack of commitment to the practice.

Reassurance is short-term. It amplifies attachment. It shifts our focus from pursuing the practice to maneuvering it to ensure success. So—useful feedback, not reassurance. For example, in my Swedish language learning, there is little use if my Sfi teacher just reassures me that I will do great in the language without giving me feedback on where I had made mistakes or how I […]

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