Banish Your Inner Critic, Port80
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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 take a look at ways to banish your inner critic to give you the mental space and energy to let your true talents emerge.
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- 1. Banish Your Inner Critic Denise R. Jacobs Port80 Conference Newport, Wales 16 May 2014
- 2. O hai! Photo: Derek Kearney
- 5. Instead of creativity Photo from Flickr.com
- 7. The voices in my head were merciless http://www.flickr.com/photos/epsos/4887528060/
- 8. I totally freaked out
- 9. 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!
- 11. Pushed myself to burn-out http://www.flickr.com/photos/44085287@N05/4052943367/
- 13. My internal critical voices http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeapalooza/553545517/
- 15. Physical evidence of fear http://www.flickr.com/photos/grumpyfeline/4626401443/
- 16. A different kind of fear Photo: Denise Jacobs
- 19. Troll under the bridge
- 21. (Also, F.E.A.R. = F*ck Everything And Run)
- 22. The enemy of creativity http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardwinchell/130344669/
- 26. Suppress generative impulses in the brain https://www.flickr.com/photos/birthintobeing/11841180046
- 28. How to ID your Inner Critic http://www.flickr.com/photos/lambdachialpha/203904103/
- 29. Not that hard, right? http://brenebrown.com/2014/04/08/daring-interview-series-meet-gavin-aung/
- 30. “OMG, I’m SO busy!”
- 31. “I should have done more by now…” http://www.flickr.com/photos/kharied/3315558702/
- 32. “They’ll find out I’m a fraud”
- 33. “I don’t know enough” http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Einstein_1921_by_F_Schmutzer.jpg
- 36. “It needs to be PERFECT” http://www.flickr.com/photos/diepuppenstubensammlerin/7648792510/
- 37. psst: Perfectionists focus on the finished product… https://www.flickr.com/photos/phatcontroller/3667889959/
- 38. Instead of the process http://www.flickr.com/photos/spyndle/474122586/
- 39. “I’ll do it tomorrow…” http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/2311904560/
- 40. “Really, I’ll do it tomorrow.” http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/2311904560/
- 41. “I will do it tomorrow!” http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/2311904560/
- 42. Feed each other
- 44. “The goal is to manage anxiety so that our energies are used for the productive and satisfying art of creating…
- 45. …rather than the destructive and debilitating art of self- torture. “ - Clare Warmke, Idea Revolution
- 47. Banish the Inner Critic? https://www.flickr.com/photos/31505964@N08/4691019168/
- 49. Say NO to Comparisons http://www.flickr.com/photos/suvodeb/2559017400/
- 54. (My personal version) Photo: Denise Jacobs
- 57. Cop a Power Pose
- 62. Decouple your performance from who you are https://www.flickr.com/photos/krissen/6824608878
- 64. “Fear is not real. It is a product of the thoughts you create. Do not misunderstand me. Danger is very real. But fear is a choice.” - character of Cypher Raige (played by Will Smith), After Earth
- 67. (maybe even embrace them) http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielagama_fotografando/4029208908/
- 68. “Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” - Henry Ford
- 69. Copy the #fail masters Photo: Denise Jacobs
- 74. “Being right keeps us in place. Being wrong forces us to explore.” – Steven Johnson, Where Good Ideas Come From
- 76. The trick is not determining which you are… http://20px.com/blog/2013/09/06/a-field-guide-to-procrastinators/
- 77. Nor administering a dose of https://www.flickr.com/photos/116357579@N08/13178367583
- 80. Don’t do it, just get ready to Photo: Denise Jacobs
- 82. Time & Space Tricks http://www.flickr.com/photos/indraw/4857101224/
- 83. Eliminate distractions From “Shit Black Girls Say”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXDpfhehb6I
- 84. Tools RescueTime.com GetConcentrating.com HeyFocus.com Browser Extensions Firefox: LeechBlock Idderall Google Chrome: Strict Workflow StayFocusd Digital Aides
- 86. Make it a Sprint or Quota http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucamascaro/4975166968/
- 87. Remember this: Photo: Denise Jacobs
- 92. I wrote a book! Photo: Denise Jacobs
- 93. http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=brainwaves&order=9&offset=120#/dqc6w7 And created something AMAZING
- 94. Bad dreams
- 95. “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
- 96. You never get Jam
- 97. By sharing my experience Photo: Deloria Jacobs
- 98. Show you there is an alternative https://www.flickr.com/photos/buttersponge/4955768144
- 99. You’ll look at yourself differently https://www.flickr.com/photos/edenpictures/3460562429
- 100. Let yourself create those imperfect, yet amazing ideas http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcymet/3564484236/
- 102. The End Photo: Denise Jacobs
- 103. Articles for further reading creativebloq.com/inspiration/ four-secrets-enhancing- creative-productivity-9126098 alistapart.com/articles/ reigniting-your-creative-spark/ alistapart.com/articles/ banishing-your-inner-critic/
- 104. Breaking the Perfectionism- Procrastination Infinite Loop On Web Standards Sherpa: http://webstandardssherpa.com/
- 105. DeniseJacobs.com Sign up on my mailing list here! denise@denisejacobs.com twitter.com/denisejacobs facebook.com/denisejacobsdotcom slideshare.net/denisejacobs How to find me Photo used with permission: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aarronwalter/4629078087/