The document is a presentation about banishing the inner critic to unblock creativity. It discusses how the inner critic's negative self-talk can suppress creative expression through stress and fear. It provides techniques for identifying and managing the inner critic such as eliminating "should" statements, asking the critic questions, and adopting a growth mindset with failure. The presentation encourages embracing imperfection and the creative process over perfectionism to access creativity.
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!
48. Afflicts ALL of us!
http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/jimmy-fallon-the-unsinkable-legend-part-2 (@ 8:15)
49. “…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
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55. You need brain management
https://www.flickr.com/photos/arselectronica/13994747444
56. “You must be
unintimidated by your
own thoughts because if
you [try to create] with
someone looking over
your shoulder, you'll
never [create].”
– Nikki Giovanni
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nrbelex/2247397943/
57. “The goal is to manage
anxiety so that our energies
are used for the productive
and satisfying art of
creating…
58. …rather than the destructive
and debilitating art of self-
torture. “
- Clare Warmke, Idea Revolution
72. “Our bodies change our minds,
our minds change our behavior,
and our behavior changes our
outcomes.”
- Amy Cuddy, Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are TED talk
122. “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
126. Show you there is an alternative
https://www.flickr.com/photos/buttersponge/4955768144
127. “The creative
adult is the
child who
survived after
the world tried
killing them,
making them
‘grown up’….
https://www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/9220121158/
128. …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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135. My upcoming book!
Banish Your Inner
Critic
DeniseJacobs.com/InnerCritic
26 Effective Techniques for
Unleashing Productive
Creativity
136. Please take the Creative Blocks Survey
Creativedo.se/creative-blocks-survey
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