There’s not much more debilitating than self criticism, the lizard brain, the little voice in your head that tries to rationalize all the reasons why you’re not good enough, won’t succeed and shouldn’t even try.
They key to overcoming it isn’t an external force, however.
It’s not more praise from others or a guarantee or reassurance.
The only way to drown self criticism … is to drown it … with positive speak.
Not fluff or hopes or overused mantras that may or may not be true.
Instead to drown it with another realistic story of your obligation and opportunity and the magic that always arrives when we do something that we’re initially self critical about.
Stay Positive & Somehow It Always Works Out
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Garth Beyer is a Certified Cicerone®, Product Marketer, owner of Garth's Brew Bar and a Madison-based freelance writer.
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