Your inner critic is an unconscious deterrent that stands between the seeds of great ideas and the fruits of achievement, keeping you stuck by telling you you’re just faking it, that others have more talent, that you’ll never achieve the success you seek. Let's discover how to anatomize this pernicious inner force, and then learn techniques to banish this critic so that you can have the mental space and energy to let your true talents emerge -- and help you be a badass with your work.
14. I shouldn't be writing this
I misrepresented myself
I don't know enough
This should be someone else’s book
I’m going to look stupid
Everyone will see that I’m a fake
What if it's not good enough?
What if I'm not good enough?
No…really!
35. “The parts of your brain that are
responsible for self-monitoring are literally
turned off during creative
endeavors….Creative people have
mastered the art of turning off [the
inhibitive] part of their brains to let their
ideas flow more smoothly, unleashing their
imagination.”
- Tina Seelig, InGenius
36. How to ID your Inner Critic
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lambdachialpha/203904103/
37. Listen for internal critical talk
http://brenebrown.com/2014/04/08/daring-interview-series-meet-gavin-aung/
49. Afflicts ALL of us!
http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/jimmy-fallon-the-unsinkable-legend-part-2 (@ 8:15)
50. “…I don’t have what these people want to see –
they want to see a funny guy! That’s not me.”
- Jerry Seinfeld, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
https://www.flickr.com/photos/97477873@N00/13016287284/
51. *Everyone* has these thoughts
https://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/5788826472/
133. “The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday—but
never jam to-day.”
“It MUST come sometimes to ‘jam to-day’,” Alice
objected.
“No, it can’t,” said the Queen. “It’s jam every
OTHER day: to-day isn’t any OTHER day, you
know.”
— from Through the Looking Glass & What Alice Found There, by Lewis Carroll
139. …The creative adult is the child who survived the
blandness of schooling, the unhelpful words of bad
teachers, and the nay-saying ways of the world.”
– Ursula K. L Guin
https://www.flickr.com/photos/theburiedlife/2167001643/
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146. My upcoming book!
Banish Your Inner
Critic
DeniseJacobs.com/InnerCritic
26 Effective Techniques for
Unleashing Productive
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