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Banish Your Inner Critic Denise R. Jacobs Port80 Conference Newport, Wales 16 May 2014

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O hai!

Photo: Derek Kearney

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Upon a time… http://www.behance.net/gallery/Once-Upon-a-Time/2918365

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29 June http://www.flickr.com/photos/jblndl/3154255478/

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Instead of creativity Photo from Flickr.com

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Destructivity http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevygee/3265941065/

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The voices in my head were merciless

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I totally freaked out

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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!

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2 days http://www.flickr.com/photos/fiery-phoenix/8428079916/

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Pushed myself to burn-out

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Worked non-stop https://www.flickr.com/photos/53611153@N00/5827849044/

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My internal critical voices http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeapalooza/553545517/

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That happened.

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Physical evidence of fear http://www.flickr.com/photos/grumpyfeline/4626401443/

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A different kind of fear Photo: Denise Jacobs

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Internalized fears & criticisms

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The Inner Critic http://www.flickr.com/photos/lance_mountain/2849396572/

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Troll under the bridge

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F.E.A.R. =

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(Also, F.E.A.R. = F*ck Everything And Run)

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The enemy of creativity

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Creative brainwaves http://uniteunderfreedom.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Brain-waves.jpg

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Know your Brainwaves

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Stress & frustration

https://www.flickr.com/photos/corneveaux/3248566797/

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Suppress generative impulses in the brain

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Dampens creative expression

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How to ID your Inner Critic http://www.flickr.com/photos/lambdachialpha/203904103/

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Not that hard, right?

http://brenebrown.com/2014/04/08/daring-interview-series-meet-gavin-aung/

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“OMG, I’m SO busy!”

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“I should have done more by now…”

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kharied/3315558702/

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“They’ll find out I’m a fraud”

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“I don’t know enough”

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Einstein_1921_by_F_Schmutzer.jpg

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(vs. Dunning-Kruger effect)

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Impostor Syndrome Paradox

http://www.flickr.com/photos/x1brett/2279939232/

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“It needs to be PERFECT”

http://www.flickr.com/photos/diepuppenstubensammlerin/7648792510/

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psst: Perfectionists focus on the finished product…

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Instead of the process http://www.flickr.com/photos/spyndle/474122586/

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“I’ll do it tomorrow…”

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“Really, I’ll do it tomorrow.”

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“I will do it tomorrow!”

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Feed each other

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In order for http://www.flickr.com/photos/designandtechnologydepartment/4771136128/

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“The goal is to manage anxiety so that our energies are used for the productive and satisfying art of creating…

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…rather than the destructive and debilitating art of self-torture. “ - Clare Warmke, Idea Revolution

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How do we…

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Banish the Inner Critic?

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Eliminate Should/Must/Ought

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Say NO to Comparisons http://www.flickr.com/photos/suvodeb/2559017400/

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Ask it questions

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Be compassionate http://www.flickr.com/photos/wrote/2646295354/

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Reassign duty

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Remember your successes http://www.flickr.com/photos/pocait/2847866615/

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(My personal version) Photo: Denise Jacobs

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Maintain perspective http://www.flickr.com/photos/daikrieg/1294053038/

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*WHATEVER*

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Cop a Power Pose

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Breaking the loop

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Perfectionism

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The real problem

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Remember egocentricity

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Decouple your performance from who you are

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Fear of failure

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“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

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Reframe failure

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And mistakes

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(maybe even embrace them)

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“Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” - Henry Ford

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Copy the #fail masters Photo: Denise Jacobs

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Fail in private http://www.flickr.com/photos/seandreilinger/959867550/

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Do it again http://www.flickr.com/photos/seandreilinger/959864706/

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Satisfice

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Remember humble beginnings

Twitter, circa 2006

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“Being right keeps us in place. Being wrong forces us to explore.” – Steven Johnson, Where Good Ideas Come From

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Procrastination

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The trick is not determining which you are…

http://20px.com/blog/2013/09/06/a-field-guide-to-procrastinators/

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Nor administering a dose of

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Increase the meaning/value

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Mind Tricks https://www.flickr.com/photos/32135758@N02/5325454434/

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Don’t do it, just get ready to Photo: Denise Jacobs

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“Structured procrastination” https://www.flickr.com/photos/superamit/1043379069

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Time & Space Tricks http://www.flickr.com/photos/indraw/4857101224/

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Eliminate distractions

From “Shit Black Girls Say”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXDpfhehb6I

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Tools RescueTime.com GetConcentrating.com HeyFocus.com

Browser Extensions Firefox: LeechBlock Idderall Google Chrome: Strict Workflow StayFocusd

Digital Aides

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Airplane mode

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Make it a Sprint or Quota

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Remember this:

Photo: Denise Jacobs

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My story’s end? http://www.flickr.com/photos/sonialuna/2942020058/

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February http://www.flickr.com/photos/doug88888/3709856898/

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#FAIL

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#WINNING! http://www.flickr.com/photos/clappstar/6297835482/

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I wrote a book! Photo: Denise Jacobs

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http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=brainwaves&order=9&offset=120#/dqc6w7

And created something AMAZING

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Bad dreams

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“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

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You never get Jam

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By sharing my experience Photo: Deloria Jacobs

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Show you there is an alternative

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You’ll look at yourself differently

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Let yourself create those imperfect, yet amazing ideas

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Because, after all…

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The End

Photo: Denise Jacobs

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