Banish Your Inner Critic - HOW Interactive Conference, Boston
- 12. The voices in my head were merciless
http://www.flickr.com/photos/epsos/4887528060/
- 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!
- 17. Pushed myself to burn-out
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44085287@N05/4052943367/
- 23. = The Inner Critic
https://www.flickr.com/photos/acerriteno/3484093889/
- 27. The enemy of creativity
http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardwinchell/130344669/
- 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
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lambdachialpha/203904103/
- 37. Listen for internal critical talk
http://brenebrown.com/2014/04/08/daring-interview-series-meet-gavin-aung/
- 39. “I should have done more by now…”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kharied/3315558702/
- 42. “I don’t know enough”
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Einstein_1921_by_F_Schmutzer.jpg
- 44. “It needs to be FLAWLESS”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/diepuppenstubensammlerin/7648792510/
- 45. “I’ll do it tomorrow…”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/2311904560/
- 46. “Really, I’ll do it tomorrow.”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/2311904560/
- 47. “I will do it tomorrow!”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/2311904560/
- 49. Afflicts ALL of us!
http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/jimmy-fallon-the-unsinkable-legend-part-2 (@ 8:15)
- 50. “…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
https://www.flickr.com/photos/97477873@N00/13016287284/
- 53. 3) Throw across the room!
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b1-baSAE8ZI/VDM3BbuiaFI/AAAAAAAABKk/l91FBGvSgkA/s1600/IMAGE_437.jpg
- 55. You’re not the only one
https://www.flickr.com/photos/17843347@N05/4610644207/
- 57. We need brain management
https://www.flickr.com/photos/arselectronica/13994747444
- 59. “The goal is to manage
anxiety so that our energies
are used for the productive
and satisfying art of
creating…
- 60. …rather than the destructive
and debilitating art of self-
torture. “
- Clare Warmke, Idea Revolution
- 62. Banish the Inner Critic?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/31505964@N08/4691019168/
- 65. Replace with “I choose/ I decide/ I will”
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mstry-2525-gst/3312199285/
- 66. Say NO to Comparisons
http://www.flickr.com/photos/suvodeb/2559017400/
- 70. (Btw, this your new mantra…)
http://www.spunkysapphire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo-1-e1406074730116.jpg
- 73. You will only experience impostor
syndrome when you are
competent and skilled.
(re-read this as many times as necessary.)
- 80. “Our bodies change our minds,
our minds change our behavior,
and our behavior changes our
outcomes.”
- Amy Cuddy, “Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are” TED talk
- 86. Rather than the process
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spyndle/474122586/
- 87. “The Best” vs “The most”
https://www.flickr.com/photos/villify/10871945326
- 88. Clear the pipes: Morning Pages
https://www.flickr.com/photos/juliejordanscott/4970674253//
- 89. Be bad/make it ugly
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kpwerker/6051104684
- 93. Fear of being judged?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jdlasica/12825451433/
- 95. Reframe fear of failure
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/2717325940/
- 98. “Being right keeps us in
place. Being wrong forces us
to explore.”
– Steven Johnson, Where Good Ideas Come From
- 101. “Failure is only the
opportunity to begin again
more intelligently.”
- Henry Ford
- 106. The trick is not self-identifying…
http://20px.com/blog/2013/09/06/a-field-guide-to-procrastinators/
- 109. The unknown can be paralyzing
http://hub.salford.ac.uk/energymonitoring/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2012/01/known-knowns1.jpg
- 115. Time & Space Tricks
http://www.flickr.com/photos/indraw/4857101224/
- 121. Make it a Sprint
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucamascaro/4975166968/
- 133. “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
- 134. “Jam” = Reward / Satisfaction
https://www.flickr.com/photos/macati/2180421766
- 135. YOU NEVER GET JAM
http://www.alice-in-wonderland.net/alicepic/through-the-looking-glass/2book42.jpg
- 137. Show you there is an alternative
https://www.flickr.com/photos/buttersponge/4955768144
- 139. …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
https://www.flickr.com/photos/theburiedlife/2167001643/
- 141. You’ll look at yourself differently
https://www.flickr.com/photos/edenpictures/3460562429
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