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Magdalena Kala: From Self-Criticism to Self-Compassion: The Journey to Better Performance

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How do you treat yourself after a failure? How do you respond in the face of disappointment?

Most of us tend to criticize ourselves for failures and disappointments, perhaps believing that being hard on ourselves is motivating and performance-improving. But is there a better way? Drawing on lessons from elite coaching and personal experience, Magdalena Kala, an MBA student at Stanford Graduate School of Business, argues why self-compassion rather than self-criticism leads to faster recovery and better outcomes, and offers five steps to be more self-compassionate in our daily lives.
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