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unintimidated by your
own thoughts because if
you [try to create] with
someone looking over
your shoulder, you'll
never [create].”
– Nikki Giovanni
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Banish Your Inner Critic to Unblock Creativity - Adobe Max 2015
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.
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- 1. Banish Your InnerCritic To Unblock Creativity
- 2. Denise R. Jacobs AdobeMax 2015 Los Angeles, CA 5 October 2015
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- 4. Want the slides?Go here: Creativedo.se/AdobeMax-ic
- 5. Photo by DerekKearney Wait…What?!
- 6. Founder + CEO,The Creative Dose http://TheCreativeDose.com/
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- 9. I was goingto be a writer! Photo: Denise Jacobs
- 10. Instead of creativity Photofrom Flickr.com
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- 12. The voices inmy head were merciless http://www.flickr.com/photos/epsos/4887528060/
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- 14. 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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- 17. Pushed myself toburn-out http://www.flickr.com/photos/44085287@N05/4052943367/
- 18. My internal criticalvoices http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeapalooza/553545517/
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- 20. Physical evidence offear http://www.flickr.com/photos/grumpyfeline/4626401443/
- 21. A different kindof fear Photo: Denise Jacobs
- 22. Internalized criticisms +fears https://www.flickr.com/photos/remoto/5313967682
- 23. = The InnerCritic https://www.flickr.com/photos/acerriteno/3484093889/
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- 27. The enemy ofcreativity http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardwinchell/130344669/
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- 31. Suppress generative impulsesin the brain https://www.flickr.com/photos/birthintobeing/11841180046
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- 33. How to IDyour Inner Critic http://www.flickr.com/photos/lambdachialpha/203904103/
- 34. Listen for internalcritical talk http://brenebrown.com/2014/04/08/daring-interview-series-meet-gavin-aung/
- 35. “OMG, I’m SObusy!”
- 36. “I should havedone more by now…” http://www.flickr.com/photos/kharied/3315558702/
- 37. “They’ll find outI’m a fraud”
- 38. “I don’t knowenough” http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Einstein_1921_by_F_Schmutzer.jpg
- 39. (You can beintimidated into this, btw)
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- 42. You will only experienceimpostor syndrome when you are competent and skilled. (re-read this as many times as necessary.)
- 43. “It needs tobe FLAWLESS” http://www.flickr.com/photos/diepuppenstubensammlerin/7648792510/
- 44. “I’ll do ittomorrow…” http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/2311904560/
- 45. “Really, I’ll doit tomorrow.” http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/2311904560/
- 46. “I will doit tomorrow!” http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/2311904560/
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- 48. Afflicts ALL ofus! http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/jimmy-fallon-the-unsinkable-legend-part-2 (@ 8:15)
- 49. “…I don’t havewhat these people want to see – they want to see a funny guy! That’s not me.” - Jerry Seinfeld, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee https://www.flickr.com/photos/97477873@N00/13016287284/
- 50. *Everyone* has thesethoughts
- 51. Instructions: 1) Write down onefear around your creativity 2) Crumple paper into ball Then… https://www.flickr.com/photos/dhinson/1290445055/
- 52. 3) Throw acrossthe room! http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b1-baSAE8ZI/VDM3BbuiaFI/AAAAAAAABKk/l91FBGvSgkA/s1600/IMAGE_437.jpg
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- 55. You need brainmanagement https://www.flickr.com/photos/arselectronica/13994747444
- 56. “You must be unintimidatedby 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 isto manage anxiety so that our energies are used for the productive and satisfying art of creating…
- 58. …rather than thedestructive and debilitating art of self- torture. “ - Clare Warmke, Idea Revolution
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- 60. Banish the InnerCritic? https://www.flickr.com/photos/31505964@N08/4691019168/
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- 62. Replace with “Ichoose/ I decide/ I will” https://www.flickr.com/photos/mstry-2525-gst/3312199285/
- 63. Say NO toComparisons http://www.flickr.com/photos/suvodeb/2559017400/
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- 65. (Btw, this yournew mantra…) http://www.spunkysapphire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo-1-e1406074730116.jpg
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- 70. (My personal version) Photo:Denise Jacobs
- 71. Cop a PowerPose
- 72. “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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- 75. “Perfectionism is self-abuse ofthe highest order.” ― Anne Wilson Schaef
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- 77. Perfectionists focus onthe finished product… https://www.flickr.com/photos/phatcontroller/3667889959/
- 78. Rather than theprocess http://www.flickr.com/photos/spyndle/474122586/
- 79. “The Best” vs“The most” https://www.flickr.com/photos/villify/10871945326
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- 81. Fear of beingjudged https://www.flickr.com/photos/jdlasica/12825451433/
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- 83. Decouple performance fromidentity https://www.flickr.com/photos/krissen/6824608878
- 84. “You alone areenough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.” ― Dr. Maya Angelou
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- 86. http://culturecatch.com/files/images/after-earth.jpg “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, After Earth
- 87. Reframe and embracefailure http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielagama_fotografando/4029208908/
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- 89. “Failure is onlythe opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” - Henry Ford
- 90. “Being right keepsus in place. Being wrong forces us to explore.” – Steven Johnson, Where Good Ideas Come From
- 91. Embrace the “SFD” Twitter,circa 2006
- 92. Copy the #failmasters Photo: Denise Jacobs
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- 95. Be bad/make itugly https://www.flickr.com/photos/kpwerker/6051104684
- 96. Clear the pipes:Morning Pages https://www.flickr.com/photos/juliejordanscott/4970674253//
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- 99. The trick isnot self-identifying… http://20px.com/blog/2013/09/06/a-field-guide-to-procrastinators/
- 100. Nor administering adose of https://www.flickr.com/photos/116357579@N08/13178367583
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- 103. Don’t do it,just get ready to Photo: Denise Jacobs
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- 105. Time & SpaceTricks http://www.flickr.com/photos/indraw/4857101224/
- 106. Eliminate distractions From “ShitBlack Girls Say”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXDpfhehb6I
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- 108. 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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- 110. Airplane/Do Not Disturbmode http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieterouwerkerk/699475144/
- 111. Make it aSprint http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucamascaro/4975166968/
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- 118. I wrote myfirst book! Photo: Denise Jacobs
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- 121. My own innercreative child
- 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
- 123. “Jam” = Reward/ Satisfaction https://www.flickr.com/photos/macati/2180421766
- 124. YOU NEVER GETJAM http://www.alice-in-wonderland.net/alicepic/through-the-looking-glass/2book42.jpg
- 125. By sharing myexperience Photo: Deloria Jacobs
- 126. Show you thereis an alternative https://www.flickr.com/photos/buttersponge/4955768144
- 127. “The creative adult isthe child who survived after the world tried killing them, making them ‘grown up’…. https://www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/9220121158/
- 128. …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 https://www.flickr.com/photos/theburiedlife/2167001643/
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- 130. You’ll look atyourself differently https://www.flickr.com/photos/edenpictures/3460562429
- 131. Your imperfect, amazingideas http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcymet/3564484236/
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- 133. The End Photo: DeniseJacobs
- 134. 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
- 135. My upcoming book! BanishYour Inner Critic DeniseJacobs.com/InnerCritic 26 Effective Techniques for Unleashing Productive Creativity
- 136. Please take theCreative Blocks Survey Creativedo.se/creative-blocks-survey
- 137. Get the slides! Creativedo.se/AdobeMax-ic
- 138. DeniseJacobs.com Sign upon my mailing list! denise@denisejacobs.com twitter.com/denisejacobs facebook.com/denisejacobsdotcom slideshare.net/denisejacobs Photo used with permission: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aarronwalter/4629078087/ Connect! + Collaborate!
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