Article: Avoid using "I" statements. These are things like "I don't like how you did this" or "I feel like you are not trying". Instead, use actual facts to support the points you are making. Say, "You have not turned in the past three assignments. That demonstrates a lack of commitment to this class." Leave your personal feelings out of it. Sure, you might feel some negativity towards the other person, or maybe you just don't click. Don't let that inform the criticism that you are giving. Instead of saying, "You're not helping the team" try saying, "It frustrates your colleagues when you fail to show up on time for meetings." Try to avoid giving vague suggestions for improved performance. Something like, "You need to do better" is not really helpful. Instead, talk about the actual thing that needs improvement. Make your feedback actionable. Give the other person tangible things that they need to do. Instead of "You need to help more around the house" try "You need to make your bed and feed the dog every morning before school." Try to give your feedback when it can still be helpful. If you wait until you are completely dissatisfied, there might not be much time left to salvage the situation. If you notice a problem, address it quickly. If given correctly, your feedback could help the other person improve. Don't wait until a student has failed your class to give feedback. Instead, discuss ways they can improve throughout the semester.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Be objective. Focus on the situation instead of the person. Give task specific suggestions. Give timely feedback.

Problem: Article: Go to https://www.skype.com/ in your browser. If you're already signed into Skype, you'll see your username in the top-right corner of the page. If you aren't already signed in, click Sign in in the top-right corner and enter your email address and password. It's in the top-right corner of the page. Doing so prompts a drop-down menu. If you had to sign into Skype, skip this step and the next step. This option is near the top of the drop-down menu. It's in the blue column that's on the left side of the page. This will open your profile page. This button is in the upper-right side of the Profile page. Type a new first and/or last name into the appropriately labeled text field(s) near the top of the "Personal information" area. It's a green button in the top-right corner of the page. Doing so will save your name and apply it to your Skype account; the next time you open Skype while connected to the Internet, you should see your new name.
Summary: Open the Skype website. Click your name. Click My account. Scroll down and click Edit profile. Click Edit profile. Edit your name. Click Save.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: If you're actively enrolled at an accredited college or university in the US or UK, you may qualify for a 50% discount for Spotify Premium. Spotify uses SheerID to verify your student status. The student discount is available for 4 years of study. You'll have to re-verify your eligibility every 12 months. You must be 18 years or older to sign up for Spotify Premium. If you're not already signed in to your Spotify account, click Log In at the top-right corner to sign in now. It's at the top-right corner of the page. A menu will expand. Information about your account will appear. It's a green button near the top of the page. " It's the second option under "Change plans." It's in the blue area at the top of the screen. Enter your name, college, and birthdate as requested on the form. If your school's name is not recognized, click Manually verify, and then follow the on-screen instructions to verify your status. It's the blue button at the bottom of the form. Spotify will now query SheerID to verify your status. If your registration cannot be confirmed, you'll see a red box that says Unfortunately, we couldn't confirm that you're a student. Please check your details and try again. Click the back button and try again. If you still can't verify your student status, you may have already claimed this discount using a different Spotify account, exceeded the 4-year discount limit, or your school is not eligible. Once your status is verified, you'll be redirected to a screen that allows you to enter payment details. After processing your payment, your membership status will be updated to the student-discounted version of Premium.

SUMMARY: Make sure you qualify for the student discount. Go to Spotify.com in a web browser. Click Profile. Select Account. Click CHANGE OR CANCEL. Click VERIFY next to "Premium for Students. Click GET STARTED. Fill out the form. Click Verify. Follow the on-screen instructions to process your payment.

Like emotions, assumptions create blind spots in your thinking. Lawyers seek evidence to prove every factual statement, and assume nothing is true without proof. You may have had experience with a young child who asked "why?" after everything you said. Although that can get annoying, it's also part of thinking like a lawyer. Lawyers refer to why a law was made as its ''policy.'' The policy behind a law can be used to argue that new facts or circumstances should also fall under the law. For example, suppose that in 1935, the city council enacted a law prohibiting vehicles in the public park. The law was enacted primarily for safety concerns, after a small child was hit by a car. In 2014, the city council was asked to consider whether the 1935 statute prohibited drones. Are drones vehicles? Would prohibiting drones advance the law's policy? Why? If you're asking those questions (and recognizing arguments that can be made on both sides), you're thinking like a lawyer. Thinking like a lawyer also means not taking anything for granted. Understanding why something happened, or why a certain law was enacted, enables you to apply the same rationale to other fact patterns and reach a logical conclusion. Legal issues are seldom black and white. Life is too complex for legislators to account for every possibility when they write a law. Ambiguities allow for flexibility, so laws don't have to be rewritten every time a new scenario comes along. For example, the Constitution has been interpreted to relate to electronic surveillance, a technological advance the Framers couldn't have imagined. Much of thinking like a lawyer involves being comfortable with nuances and gray areas. However, just because those gray areas exist doesn't mean distinctions are meaningless.
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Break down assumptions. Ask why. Accept ambiguity.