This document summarizes a presentation about banishing the inner critic to unleash creativity. It discusses how the inner critic uses negative self-talk to suppress creative expression through fears of failure or judgment. It provides techniques for identifying and managing the inner critic such as replacing negative thoughts with positive self-talk, avoiding comparisons, establishing boundaries, and embracing an experimental mindset of learning through failures rather than insisting on perfection. The goal is to manage anxiety and fears so one's energies can be used for creative work rather than self-criticism.
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
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37. Listen for internal critical talk
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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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50. *Everyone* has these thoughts
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130. “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
136. …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
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143. My upcoming book!
Banish Your Inner
Critic
DeniseJacobs.com/InnerCritic
26 Effective Techniques for
Unleashing Productive
Creativity
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