1 Getting feedback from other people

Have you ever been told something about yourself that you didn’t know, resulting in your gaining confidence in your abilities? The chances are that the answer is yes.

Getting feedback from another person can be incredibly useful in confidence building and in highlighting areas for personal development. However, it can also be difficult and even stressful.

This section of Exploring learning explores how feedback can be useful, as well as looking at possible difficulties and ways of dealing with these. Later in this course, we will look at how other people may be involved in helping you achieve personal change.

First, though, we’ll explore how other people can help you to gather information about your current qualities, knowledge and skills.