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Banish Your Inner Critic - Design & Content 2015
The document discusses the impact of the inner critic on creativity, emphasizing that self-doubt and fear can hinder creative expression. It offers strategies to overcome these barriers, such as reframing negative thoughts, avoiding comparisons, and embracing imperfection. The overall message encourages individuals to manage anxiety and cultivate a supportive mindset to enhance their creative output.
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- 1. Banish Your InnerCritic
- 2. Denise R. Jacobs Design/Content Vancouver, BC 7 August 2015
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- 4. Want the slides?Go here: creativedo.se/dcc15-ic
- 5. Photo by DerekKearney Wait…What?!
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- 8. I was goingto be a writer! Photo: Denise Jacobs
- 9. Instead of creativity Photofrom Flickr.com
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- 11. The voices inmy head were merciless http://www.flickr.com/photos/epsos/4887528060/
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- 13. I shouldn't bewriting 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!
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- 16. Pushed myself toburn-out http://www.flickr.com/photos/44085287@N05/4052943367/
- 17. My internal criticalvoices http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeapalooza/553545517/
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- 19. Physical evidence offear http://www.flickr.com/photos/grumpyfeline/4626401443/
- 20. A different kindof fear Photo: Denise Jacobs
- 21. Internalized criticisms +fears https://www.flickr.com/photos/remoto/5313967682
- 22. = The InnerCritic https://www.flickr.com/photos/acerriteno/3484093889/
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- 25. The enemy ofcreativity http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardwinchell/130344669/
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- 29. Suppress generative impulsesin the brain https://www.flickr.com/photos/birthintobeing/11841180046
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- 31. How to IDyour Inner Critic http://www.flickr.com/photos/lambdachialpha/203904103/
- 32. Not that hard,right? http://brenebrown.com/2014/04/08/daring-interview-series-meet-gavin-aung/
- 33. “OMG, I’m SObusy!”
- 34. “I should havedone more by now…” http://www.flickr.com/photos/kharied/3315558702/
- 35. “They’ll find outI’m a fraud”
- 36. “I don’t knowenough” http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Einstein_1921_by_F_Schmutzer.jpg
- 37. (or intimidated intothis)
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- 40. You will only experienceimpostor syndrome when you are competent and skilled. (re-read this as many times as necessary.)
- 41. “It needs tobe FLAWLESS” http://www.flickr.com/photos/diepuppenstubensammlerin/7648792510/
- 42. “I’ll do ittomorrow…” http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/2311904560/
- 43. “Really, I’ll doit tomorrow.” http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/2311904560/
- 44. “I will doit tomorrow!” http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/2311904560/
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- 47. You need brainmanagement
- 48. “The goal isto manage anxiety so that our energies are used for the productive and satisfying art of creating…
- 49. …rather than thedestructive and debilitating art of self- torture. “ - Clare Warmke, Idea Revolution
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- 51. Banish the InnerCritic? https://www.flickr.com/photos/31505964@N08/4691019168/
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- 53. Replace with “Ichoose/ I decide/ I will” https://www.flickr.com/photos/mstry-2525-gst/3312199285/
- 54. Say NO toComparisons http://www.flickr.com/photos/suvodeb/2559017400/
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- 59. (My personal version) Photo:Denise Jacobs
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- 62. Cop a PowerPose
- 63. “Our bodies changeour minds, our minds change our behavior, and our behavior changes our outcomes.” - Amy Cuddy, Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are TED talk
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- 66. “Perfectionism is self-abuse ofthe highest order.” ― Anne Wilson Schaef
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- 68. Perfectionists focus onthe finished product… https://www.flickr.com/photos/phatcontroller/3667889959/
- 69. Rather than theprocess http://www.flickr.com/photos/spyndle/474122586/
- 70. “The Best” vs“The most” https://www.flickr.com/photos/villify/10871945326
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- 74. “You alone areenough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.” ― Dr. Maya Angelou
- 75. Decouple your performancefrom who you are https://www.flickr.com/photos/krissen/6824608878
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- 77. “Fear is notreal. 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
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- 80. (maybe even embracethem) http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielagama_fotografando/4029208908/
- 81. “Failure is onlythe opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” - Henry Ford
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- 83. Copy the #failmasters Photo: Denise Jacobs
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- 88. Be bad/make itugly https://www.flickr.com/photos/kpwerker/6051104684
- 89. “Being right keepsus in place. Being wrong forces us to explore.” – Steven Johnson, Where Good Ideas Come From
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- 92. The trick isnot determining which you are… http://20px.com/blog/2013/09/06/a-field-guide-to-procrastinators/
- 93. Nor administering adose of https://www.flickr.com/photos/116357579@N08/13178367583
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- 96. Don’t do it,just get ready to Photo: Denise Jacobs
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- 98. Time & SpaceTricks http://www.flickr.com/photos/indraw/4857101224/
- 99. Eliminate distractions From “ShitBlack Girls Say”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXDpfhehb6I
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- 101. Tools RescueTime.com GetConcentrating.com HeyFocus.com Browser Extensions Firefox: LeechBlock Idderall Google Chrome: StrictWorkflow StayFocusd Website Blocker Aids for digital blocking
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- 103. Airplane/Do Not Disturbmode http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieterouwerkerk/699475144/
- 104. Make it aSprint http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucamascaro/4975166968/
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- 111. I wrote abook! Photo: Denise Jacobs
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- 114. “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
- 115. “Jam” = Reward/ Satisfaction https://www.flickr.com/photos/macati/2180421766
- 116. YOU NEVER GETJAM http://www.alice-in-wonderland.net/alicepic/through-the-looking-glass/2book42.jpg
- 117. By sharing myexperience Photo: Deloria Jacobs
- 118. Show you thereis an alternative https://www.flickr.com/photos/buttersponge/4955768144
- 119. “The creative adult isthe child who survived after the world tried killing them, making them ‘grown up’….
- 120. …The creative adultis 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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- 122. You’ll look atyourself differently https://www.flickr.com/photos/edenpictures/3460562429
- 123. Let yourself createthose imperfect, yet amazing ideas http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcymet/3564484236/
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- 125. The End Photo: DeniseJacobs
- 126. Get the slides! creativedo.se/dcc15-ic
- 127. My upcoming book! BanishYour Inner Critic DeniseJacobs.com/InnerCritic 26 Effective Techniques for Unleashing Productive Creativity
- 128. Please take theCreative Blocks Survey Creativedo.se/creative-blocks-survey
- 129. THE CREATIVE DOSE ACreativity + Innovation Collective Work Better. Create More. Create Betterness. Creative Thinking & Problem-solving Applying an Innovation Mindset Creative Collaboration Team Communication & Cohesion TheCreativeDose.com @thecreativedose
- 130. DeniseJacobs.com Sign upon my mailing list here! denise@denisejacobs.com twitter.com/denisejacobs facebook.com/denisejacobsdotcom slideshare.net/denisejacobs Photo used with permission: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aarronwalter/4629078087/ Connect and Collaborate!
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