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.
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!
68. “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
104. “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
114. Four Secrets to Enhancing Creative Productivity
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Banishing Your Inner Critic
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Reigniting Your Creative Spark
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Breaking the Perfectionism-Procrastination Infinite Loop
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