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Jacqueline Pigdon, The LOVE MONDAYS Expert is an Australian rowing champion, a spiritual life & career coach, author and award winning entrepreneur! Beginning her career in corporate IT and as an elite sports person she knows firsthand how to achieve goals and make a successful and fulfilling career transition. Jacqueline has dedicated her life to helping other women all around the world do the same and create a career and life they love!

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“Feedback is the breakfast of Champions!”

My Top 10 Feedback Tips

#1 GIVING & RECEIVING FEEDBACK

We all need feedback and as you know, it can be challenging for some people to receive it (when they are very sensitive, passionate about what they do and are trying really hard etc) and also challenging to give it (e.g. to your boss!).

#2 WE ALL NEED FEEDBACK

Without feedback we can only rely on our own self awareness and observations when others around us might be able to assist in speeding our personal and professional growth by providing us with their view on how we can improve.

#3 WHERE GOOD FEEDBACK COMES FROM

Good feedback must always come from a place of helping the person never blaming, criticising or complaining about them. This builds positive workplace culture and family relationships too!

#4 LISTENING TO FEEDBACK

We must always listen to feedback, even if we disagree with it, or feel it is hard to take or if it’s delivered in a harsh way. Also regardless of whom it comes from, not only our boss but from our peers and direct reports too. Everyone has a different perception and could all be a teacher for us. Being closed or thinking you’re always right is a sure way to miss out on valuable feedback.

We need to rise above feedback being perceived as a negative thing and look hard at ways to take aspects of it to improve our personal and professional development.

Other people always have different perspectives and views compared to our own, right or wrong, so it’s important to be open and listen to others and also share your own views so they can hear your perspective on the same issue.

Sometimes you will be able to see and agree with the person giving you feedback, other times you may not. If someone is giving you feedback and you really want to follow their guidance but don’t know how, ask them to give you a specific example on what you can change which would show them you have successfully implemented their feedback.

#5 ACCURATE FEEDBACK

It’s important to give as accurate feedback as possible. Before jumping to conclusions, it’s great if you can get some specific measures that support your feedback. E.g. 

“Well done, you are improving the growth of the business because you successfully signed up 5 new clients this month in comparison to 2 per month for the previous 3 months.”

Remember, not everyone will always provide accurate or the right feedback all the time either – even your manager or if you’re the manager giving feedback to your team! There can be many reasons for this, stress, not being close enough to the work to see accurately or not having looked at figures to back up statements.

Sometimes others may think you’re doing well when you don’t think you are! This is a mis-match to simply be discussed.

#6 HOW TO COMMUNICATE FEEDBACK

Use the CRC Technique (commend / recommend / commend). Ref: Toastmasters International

Keep things simple with your communication by listening and discussing feedback, with a common goal of getting the best out of everyone in the team.

Be careful of never giving feedback when you’re in a place of frustration or upset yourself. First get yourself under control, think clearly and professionally and deliver your feedback in a helpful and uplifting way for the other person to receive.

Try to aim for your feedback to be inspiring for the person to achieve more rather than putting them down and leaving them feeling flat and unmotivated.

#7 REPEATING FEEDBACK

Sometimes people need to hear the feedback a few times or from a few different people to really understand it’s a problem for them and something to be fixed for their best interests. Other times people are trying but haven’t yet worked out a way to overcome the challenge of making the desired change.

A person may not implement a piece of feedback because they don’t actually believe it will help them or provide them with better results. When this happens it’s important to address the belief, not just tell them they must do it.

Be patient with people, ask how they think they are going with previously delivered feedback first, perhaps they have made some changes you’re not aware of and then support and encourage them through what else they can do.

Of course if you’re trying to provide someone with valuable feedback that you know will help them and they continue to ignore it, first check in with the accuracy or if the person actually sees that as something important for them to change. They might not be trying to change because they don’t see the value in making it a priority.

Sometimes direct and assertive feedback is required. Show the person how you think implementing the feedback will directly help them and what you see will or could happen if they don’t. It’s important for you when giving feedback to select the most appropriate way of delivering it to get the desired outcome.

#8 YOUR RESULTS

You can quickly identify if your feedback is working by asking the person if they found it helpful and observing if people are following your advice or not.

#9 BE OPEN

Being open to another person’s feedback when perhaps you don’t agree with it is very important too. This can build confidence, you might not think you’re improving when they say you really are can be very helpful! You might not see it yourself.

Each person must stop and really think about what the person is saying before they dismiss it as incorrect or remaining stuck in their own ways.

#10 FREQUENCY

Frequency of feedback helps when it’s common practice in an organisation. For if and when it comes ‘out of the blue’, especially from the top, people can be shocked or perceive it as though it is a bigger deal than it actually is.

It’s best to work through things when they are small and manageable rather than not communicating feedback and allowing small issues to build into a big problem.

#BONUS TIP – FEEDBACK IS IMPORTANT! 

It’s not fair if a person doesn’t get the feedback they need as it doesn’t give them the chance to improve before something may be taken away from them etc.

Check in with how you are giving and receiving feedback and take note of any actions you think you could improve upon in your organisation.

I hope you enjoyed today’s article and if you need any help with feedback, either your own or in your organsiation please contact me today! 

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Jacqueline Pigdon, The LOVE MONDAYS Expert is an Australian rowing champion, a spiritual life & career coach, author and award winning entrepreneur! Beginning her career in corporate IT and as an elite sports person she knows firsthand how to achieve goals and make a successful and fulfilling career transition. Jacqueline has dedicated her life to helping other women all around the world do the same and create a career and life they love!

T: +61447728677
E: jacqueline@jinalife.com
www.lovemondaysnow.com

To get a copy of Jacqueline’s BOOK ‘Love Mondays Now – 5 Steps to a career & life you love CLICK HERE!

If you’re a teacher or team leader then you will want to watch today’s tip on how you can find your own teachers in life while you’re teaching or leading others.

Among the many activities that Hamilton Island offers, such as SUP, yachting, swimming, hiking, diving and golf – just to name a few – it also offers fantastic art classes.

It was here in an art class with a teacher named Trevor that I painted my first sea turtle!

Being an arty person it was one of the highlights of my trip but not just because I like to paint!

This teacher was exceptional because he had two outstanding qualities I think make a great teacher, trainer or leader.

1. In just 3 hours he took us from a place we knew we were already at to a place we didn’t think possible!

And this had us jumping for joy!

I tell you, when he asked us to look around the room for inspiration and select what we wanted to paint…

I chose an example from a professional artist, a sea turtle! Now I know I have a few skills in drawing and painting but it’s certainly not my number one thing.

I had NO IDEA how I was going to get that lovely looking sea turtle onto my blank canvas…

But with his help I did! And this didn’t only happen to me, my friends in the class also had the exact same experience.

So when you’re teaching or leading others, strive to take your students or team members to a place they didn’t think possible. As this ignites a new found confidence, happiness and energy within them to believe that anything is possible!

2. Trevor was also humble, in that he demonstrated that even though he is an extremely talented painter and an expert teacher all his life, he is always learning too.

In the class Trevor shared a story from just the day before, where a little 6 year old girl started painting in a way he had never seen before. Immediately he taught us that technique and thus expanded upon his own skills.

Our teachers can sometimes show up in the most unlikely places, however so often when its you who is teaching, its also you who can be the one who learns something very profound.

Are you a teacher or team leader? What interesting lessons in life have you learnt while teaching or leading your team?

Please leave a comment I would love to hear from you!

Thanks for watching and stay tuned for my next video tip coming your way soon…

Live Your Best Life

Jacqueline Pigdon, The LOVE MONDAYS Expert is an Australian rowing champion, a spiritual life & career coach, author and award winning entrepreneur! Beginning her career in corporate IT and as an elite sports person she knows firsthand how to achieve goals and make a successful and fulfilling career transition. Jacqueline has dedicated her life to helping other women all around the world do the same and create a career and life they love!

T: +61447728677
E: jacqueline@jinalife.com
www.lovemondaysnow.com

To get a copy of Jacqueline’s BOOK ‘Love Mondays Now – 5 Steps to a career & life you love CLICK HERE!

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To watch this video on You Tube Hamilton Island – How To Find Your Teachers In Life!

Now this can be a great thing, but it can also cause some issues..

Watch the video below where I outline the problem with instant gratification and how it is causing many people to feel unsatisfied…

Instant gratification doesn’t generally allow us to feel good about a really great job well done.

Can you think of something that has taken you a really long time to achieve?

Perhaps you’ve put hours and hours into it, maybe months or even years.

And then you finally made it!

How satisfied were you? How great did you feel, that you finally achieved your goal?

Even thinking about it now, how happy does it make you feel?

Plus – how much do you value it?

If we’re always trying to have instant gratification, getting things so fast, if things come too easily, we miss out on that amazing feeling after we have worked really hard and feel very proud of ourselves.

Today I want to encourage you, if you’re on a journey trying to achieve something, and it’s taking you a really long time, you know you’re on the right path, then stick at it. Keep going! You can do it!

When you do achieve it, you will feel that amazing feeling of completing a tough challenge in your life and complete satisfaction.

I would love to hear of a goal you are trying to achieve right now, that perhaps you’ve been working on already for a long time. I would love to help you with it!

Did you like this video? If so leave a comment and share it with your friends.

Thanks for watching and stay tuned for my next video tip from the beautiful location of Hamilton Island, Australia! 

Live Your Best Life

Jacqueline Pigdon, The LOVE MONDAYS Expert is an Australian rowing champion, a spiritual life & career coach, author and award winning entrepreneur! Beginning her career in corporate IT and as an elite sports person she knows firsthand how to achieve goals and make a successful and fulfilling career transition. Jacqueline has dedicated her life to helping other women all around the world do the same and create a career and life they love!

T: +61447728677
E: jacqueline@jinalife.com
www.lovemondaysnow.com

To get a copy of Jacqueline’s BOOK ‘Love Mondays Now – 5 Steps to a career & life you love CLICK HERE!

BOOK YOUR FREE CAREER OR BUSINESS STRATEGY SESSION CLICK HERE!

To watch this video on You Tube Are you feeling unsatisfied due to instant gratification?!

Watch the video below (where I have a special guest my beautiful Chinchilla cat Samuel Beau) to find out how you can improve your life with this simple change to two things you do almost every day of your life!

Some of the most simple things in life are easy to do but are also easy not to do…

For example, getting out of bed. The physical action for most people is very easy and you do it every day. However it can also be not so easy if you have the habit of turning off your alarm, rolling over and sleeping in late.

The problem with this is that you can start the day off behind and chase the eight ball all day long. But there is something even worse about this habit, when you have promisee yourself you WILL get up early tomorrow and don’t, it’s just another nail in the coffin as far as your trust in yourself to follow through on what you set out to do.

Another easy life experience is eating fresh healthly food. Simple buy it, chop it up, prepare or cook it and eat it! However often is it easy not to do this and reach for unhealthy snacks instead.

It all comes down to your perception, which option do you choose? Which will take you towards your goals or away from them? It’s your choice and I challenge you to take on a new way of thinking towards what’s actually very easy.

Did you like this video? If so leave a comment and share it with your friends.

Thanks for watching and stay tuned for my next video tip ‘The problem with instant gratification.’

Live Your Best Life

Jacqueline Pigdon, The LOVE MONDAYS Expert is an Australian rowing champion, a spiritual life & career coach, author and award winning entrepreneur! Beginning her career in corporate IT and as an elite sports person she knows firsthand how to achieve goals and make a successful and fulfilling career transition. Jacqueline has dedicated her life to helping other women all around the world do the same and create a career and life they love!

T: +61447728677
E: jacqueline@jinalife.com
www.lovemondaysnow.com

To get a copy of Jacqueline’s BOOK ‘Love Mondays Now – 5 Steps to a career & life you love CLICK HERE!

BOOK YOUR FREE CAREER OR BUSINESS STRATEGY SESSION CLICK HERE!

To watch this video on You Tube What is easy to do is also easy NOT to do!

Watch my video from the beautiful ski fields at Falls Creek Australia.

HOW TO DETERMINE IF YOU’VE REALLY HAD ENOUGH

Perhaps you have been playing a sport for many years and seem to have lost the fun or drive you once had for it.

Or you think you’ve had enough of your current job, career or business but are not 100% sure you’re ready to let it go.

Maybe you’re thinking this same thing about your relationship…

Now there are definitely times in our lives when we have really had enough and it’s time to ‘hang up the boots’ but if we once had such love, drive and fun doing something and it’s suddenly or even slowly diminished chances are there’s simply something missing.

Here are 2 key factors for you to consider:

1. You’re no longer growing, either you’ve achieved everything you want to in a sport or your business, or you just don’t have any new and inspiring goals to strive for. Perhaps your relationship is stagnant because you’re not moving forward together towards something important or meaningful.

2. It’s time to get some outside help either from an expert or coach to help you re-ignite the love, energy and drive you once had.

What I experienced while skiing at Falls Creek Victoria, Australia was the feeling that I’d had enough. I have always had a great love for skiing and my first day back on this trip was after a long break so I spent it ‘finding my feet’. The following day I ventured onto a more difficult run and again I did this on the third day.

But after that I’d had enough and I felt like I could really just hang up my boots. I knew there was more to it and luckily enough my fellow skiing buddies convinced me I should have a lesson.

Now at first I was reluctant, as all the ski instructors I’d had in Australia, New Zealand and Europe simply took me way out of my comfort zone and skiing down double black runs and off the edges of scary mountain cliffs. At this stage in my life I really didn’t want to risk get injured or do it simply to say I’ve conquered the mountain.

However I decided to go along and ended up having an entirely different experience. This skiing instructor took us on a green beginner slope AND TAUGHT US expert technique. How to roll my ankles and knees properly, and how to more effectively distribute my weight.

After this one little lesson I was on fire! I skied all day long and you couldn’t get me off the slopes I was having THE BEST time!

WHY?

Because I was growing, I had something to work on to improve myself. If we’re not growing, learning or helping others, days can quickly and easily become mundane and boring (even at a luxurious ski resort!) and we can feel like quitting.

Have you ever had this type experience? Are you wondering right now in your life if you’ve really had enough of something you used to love? Please leave a comment below I would love to hear from you!

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Stay tuned until next time where I share ’3 Tips on how to make things happen!’

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Watch today’s video below to find out how:

As we are sleeping our bodies don’t only work hard to repair our cells from our day and rejuvenate and prepare us for the next but our brains are still at work too! 

So what can you do about this to benefit at work while you’re sleeping?

You can start to focus on what you are thinking about or putting into your brain right before you go to sleep.

I tested this theory when I first started attending Toastmasters International (a public speaking and leadership club) where I worked out that I could literally write a speech on Sunday, practice it in my head right before I went to sleep and deliver the speech the next evening with no notes! – A criteria all Toastmasters strive to achieve. 

Many of my fellow Toastmasters were amazed at how fast I could prepare, remember and deliver my speeches. Sleeping on the job was my secret to success! Allowing my mind to absorb and store the information while I was sleeping.

I followed through using this technique with great success when learning to speak new languages and preparing for important client meetings. 

It’s also absolutely fantastic for coming up with answers to your most pressing questions. Perhaps you’re wondering how on earth you will reach a huge target at work, or how you can solve one of your biggest problems in your personal life. Ask the question before you fall asleep with confidence that when you wake up or throughout your day tomorrow you will find your answer. 

You will be amazed how often your answer appears when you do this. 

So not only do you need to think about all the things you are thankful for in your life at the end of your day and think positive thoughts for the next, but you can now utilise your sleeping time, to help you retain information in your brain – while you are sleeping!

Have you tried this technique? What information would you like to retain better and faster in your life? What are your most pressing questions you would love answered? Write below I would love you to leave a comment!

Stay tuned for my next video where I share a career and lifestyle tip with a view from the tallest building in the world!

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Jacqueline Pigdon

Spiritual Life, Career & Business Coach

www.LoveMondaysNow.com

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