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.
10. 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!
72. “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
109. “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
113. Show you there is an
alternative
https://www.flickr.com/photos/buttersponge/4955768144
114. “The creative adult is the child
who survived after the world tried
killing them, making them “grown
up”….
115. “…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
122. Four Secrets to Enhancing Creative Productivity
www.creativebloq.com/inspiration/four-secrets-enhancing-creative-productivity-9126098
Banishing Your Inner Critic
alistapart.com/articles/banishing-your-inner-critic/
Reigniting Your Creative Spark
alistapart.com/articles/reigniting-your-creative-spark/
Breaking the Perfectionism-Procrastination Infinite Loop
webstandardssherpa.com/reviews/breaking-the-perfectionism-procrastination-infinite-loop/
My articles for further reading
123. My upcoming book!
Banish Your Inner
Critic
DeniseJacobs.com/InnerCritic
26 Effective Techniques for
Unleashing Productive
Creativity
124. THE CREATIVE DOSE
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