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 youre just faking it, that others have more talent, that youll 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.
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<ul><li> Banish Your Inner Critic Denise R. Jacobs The Norwegian Developers Conference Oslo, Norway 3 June 2014 </li> <li> @denisejacobs #ndcoslo #banishyourcritic </li> <li> O hai! Photo: Derek Kearney </li> <li> Upon a time http://www.behance.net/gallery/Once-Upon-a-Time/2918365 </li> <li> 29 June http://www.flickr.com/photos/jblndl/3154255478/ </li> <li> Instead of creativity Photo from Flickr.com </li> <li> Destructivity http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevygee/3265941065/ </li> <li> The voices in my head were merciless http://www.flickr.com/photos/epsos/4887528060/ </li> <li> I totally freaked out </li> <li> I shouldn't be writing this I misrepresented myself I don't know enough This should be someone elses book Im going to look stupid Everyone will see that Im a fake What if it's not good enough? What if I'm not good enough? Noreally! </li> <li> 2 days http://www.flickr.com/photos/fiery-phoenix/8428079916/ </li> <li> Worked non-stop https://www.flickr.com/photos/53611153@N00/5827849044/ </li> <li> Pushed myself to burn-out http://www.flickr.com/photos/44085287@N05/4052943367/ </li> <li> My internal critical voices http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeapalooza/553545517/ </li> <li> Made this happen https://www.flickr.com/photos/70938871@N05/8230432077 </li> <li> Physical evidence of fear http://www.flickr.com/photos/grumpyfeline/4626401443/ </li> <li> A different kind of fear Photo: Denise Jacobs </li> <li> Internalized criticisms + fears https://www.flickr.com/photos/remoto/5313967682 </li> <li> = The Inner Critic http://www.flickr.com/photos/lance_mountain/2849396572/ </li> <li> The troll under the bridge </li> <li> F.E.A.R. = http://cdnpix.com/show/imgs/7a361666e107cd36656d5a66ea2e4e80.jpg </li> <li> (Also, F.E.A.R. = F*ck Everything And Run) </li> <li> The enemy of creativity http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardwinchell/130344669/ </li> <li> Creative brainwaves http://uniteunderfreedom.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Brain-waves.jpg </li> <li> Know your Brainwaves </li> <li> Stress & frustration https://www.flickr.com/photos/corneveaux/3248566797/ </li> <li> Suppress generative impulses in the brain https://www.flickr.com/photos/birthintobeing/11841180046 </li> <li> Dampens creative expression http://www.flickr.com/photos/anieto2k/8156999698/ </li> <li> How to ID your Inner Critic http://www.flickr.com/photos/lambdachialpha/203904103/ </li> <li> Not that hard, right? http://brenebrown.com/2014/04/08/daring-interview-series-meet-gavin-aung/ </li> <li> OMG, Im SO busy! </li> <li> I should have done more by now http://www.flickr.com/photos/kharied/3315558702/ </li> <li> Theyll find out Im a fraud </li> <li> I dont know enough http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Einstein_1921_by_F_Schmutzer.jpg </li> <li> vs. NAILED IT! https://www.flickr.com/photos/paul-drummond/3946893897 </li> <li> Impostor Syndrome Paradox http://www.flickr.com/photos/x1brett/2279939232/ </li> <li> It needs to be PERFECT http://www.flickr.com/photos/diepuppenstubensammlerin/7648792510/ </li> <li> Ill do it tomorrow http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/2311904560/ </li> <li> Really, Ill do it tomorrow. http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/2311904560/ </li> <li> I will do it tomorrow! http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/2311904560/ </li> <li> Feed each other </li> <li> In order for http://www.flickr.com/photos/designandtechnologydepartment/4771136128/ </li> <li> The goal is to manage anxiety so that our energies are used for the productive and satisfying art of creating </li> <li> rather than the destructive and debilitating art of self- torture. - Clare Warmke, Idea Revolution </li> <li> How do we http://www.flickr.com/photos/opensourceway/5445602998/ </li> <li> Banish the Inner Critic? https://www.flickr.com/photos/31505964@N08/4691019168/ </li> <li> Eliminate Should/Must/Ought/Have to http://www.flickr.com/photos/mythoto/3822942678/ </li> <li> Say NO to Comparisons http://www.flickr.com/photos/suvodeb/2559017400/ </li> <li> Ask it questions http://www.flickr.com/photos/opensourceway/4749432145/ </li> <li> Be compassionate http://www.flickr.com/photos/wrote/2646295354/ </li> <li> Reassign duty http://www.flickr.com/photos/shavawnmarie/1326123397/ </li> <li> Remember your successes http://www.flickr.com/photos/pocait/2847866615/ </li> <li> (My personal version) Photo: Denise Jacobs </li> <li> Maintain perspective http://www.flickr.com/photos/daikrieg/1294053038/ </li> <li> *WHATEVER* http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/1-23-2013/quhKj3.gif </li> <li> Cop a Power Pose </li> <li> Breaking the loop </li> <li> Perfectionism http://www.flickr.com/photos/diepuppenstubensammlerin/7648792510/ </li> <li> Perfectionism is self-abuse of the highest order. Anne Wilson Schaef </li> <li> The real problem http://cuttingthecheese.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/26810560251953842_ede18tng_f.jpg </li> <li> Remember finished product https://www.flickr.com/photos/phatcontroller/3667889959/ </li> <li> vs. process?... http://www.flickr.com/photos/spyndle/474122586/ </li> <li> The Best vs The most https://www.flickr.com/photos/villify/10871945326 </li> <li> Remember egocentricity </li> <li> You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody. Dr. Maya Angelou </li> <li> Decouple your performance from who you are https://www.flickr.com/photos/krissen/6824608878 </li> <li> Fear of failure http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/2717325940/ </li> <li> 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 </li> <li> Reframe failure http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/2717326642/ </li> <li> And mistakes https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevendepolo/4498817330/ </li> <li> (maybe even embrace them) http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielagama_fotografando/4029208908/ </li> <li> Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. - Henry Ford </li> <li> Humble beginnings Twitter, circa 2006 </li> <li> Copy the #fail masters Photo: Denise Jacobs </li> <li> Take steps http://www.flickr.com/photos/seandreilinger/959864706/ </li> <li> Fail in private http://www.flickr.com/photos/seandreilinger/959867550/ </li> <li> Try again http://www.flickr.com/photos/seandreilinger/959864706/ </li> <li> Satisfice https://www.flickr.com/photos/sleepyvalley/3650673328 </li> <li> Be bad/make it ugly https://www.flickr.com/photos/kpwerker/6051104684 </li> <li> Being right keeps us in place. Being wrong forces us to explore. Steven Johnson, Where Good Ideas Come From </li> <li> Perfection Excellence https://www.flickr.com/photos/kaldoche/4771465356 </li> <li> Procrastination http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/2311904560/ </li> <li> The trick is not determining which you are http://20px.com/blog/2013/09/06/a-field-guide-to-procrastinators/ </li> <li> Nor administering a dose of https://www.flickr.com/photos/116357579@N08/13178367583 </li> <li> Increase the meaning/value http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyeliam/2460475510/ </li> <li> Mind Tricks https://www.flickr.com/photos/32135758@N02/5325454434/ </li> <li> Dont do it, just get ready to Photo: Denise Jacobs </li> <li> Structured procrastination https://www.flickr.com/photos/superamit/1043379069 </li> <li> Time & Space Tricks http://www.flickr.com/photos/indraw/4857101224/ </li> <li> Eliminate distractions From Shit Black Girls Say, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXDpfhehb6I </li> <li> Ignore to focus </li> <li> Tools RescueTime.com GetConcentrating.com HeyFocus.com Browser Extensions Firefox: LeechBlock Idderall Google Chrome: Strict Workflow StayFocusd Aids for digital blocking </li> <li> Airplane mode http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieterouwerkerk/699475144/ </li> <li> Make it a Sprint http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucamascaro/4975166968/ </li> <li> Fill a Quota https://www.flickr.com/photos/teosaurio/3392883329/ </li> <li> Remember this: Photo: Denise Jacobs </li> <li> My storys end? http://www.flickr.com/photos/sonialuna/2942020058/ </li> <li> February http://www.flickr.com/photos/doug88888/3709856898/ </li> <li> #FAIL http://www.flickr.com/photos/eliseporter/2315794956/ </li> <li> #WINNING! http://www.flickr.com/photos/clappstar/6297835482/ </li> <li> I wrote a book! Photo: Denise Jacobs </li> <li> https://www.flickr.com/photos/thatconference/9532425040/ Which created AMAZING things for me </li> <li> Bad dreams </li> <li> The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterdaybut never jam to-day. It MUST come sometimes to jam to- day, Alice objected. No, it cant, said the Queen. Its jam every OTHER day: to-day isnt any OTHER day, you know. from Through the Looking Glass & What Alice Found There, by Lewis Carroll </li> <li> Jam = Reward / Satisfaction https://www.flickr.com/photos/macati/2180421766 </li> <li> YOU NEVER GET JAM </li> <li> By sharing my experience Photo: Deloria Jacobs </li> <li> Show you there is an alternative https://www.flickr.com/photos/buttersponge/4955768144 </li> <li> By understanding that </li> <li> Youll look at yourself differently https://www.flickr.com/photos/edenpictures/3460562429 </li> <li> Let yourself create those imperfect, yet amazing ideas http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcymet/3564484236/...</li></ul>
