Banish Your Inner Critic

Banish Your Inner CriticDenise R. JacobsThe Norwegian Developers Conference Oslo, Norway 3 June 2014

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O hai!

Photo: Derek Kearney

Upon a timehttp://www.behance.net/gallery/Once-Upon-a-Time/2918365

29 Junehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/jblndl/3154255478/

Instead of creativityPhoto from Flickr.com

Destructivityhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/kevygee/3265941065/

The voices in my head were merciless

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I totally freaked out

I shouldn't be writing thisI misrepresented myself

I don't know enoughThis should be someone elses book

Im going to look stupidEveryone will see that Im a fakeWhat if it's not good enough?What if I'm not good enough?

Noreally!

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

Worked non-stophttps://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/5827849044/

Pushed myself to burn-out

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

Made this happen

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

A different kind of fearPhoto: Denise Jacobs

Internalized criticisms + fears

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= The Inner Critichttp://www.flickr.com/photos/lance_mountain/2849396572/

The troll under the bridge

F.E.A.R. =

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

The enemy of creativity

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

Know your Brainwaves

Stress & frustration

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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 Critichttp://www.flickr.com/photos/lambdachialpha/203904103/

Not that hard, right?

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OMG, Im SO busy!

I should have done more by now

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Theyll find out Im a fraud

I dont know enough

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vs. NAILED IT!

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Impostor Syndrome Paradox

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It needs to be PERFECT

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Ill do it tomorrow

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Really, Ill do it tomorrow.


I will do it tomorrow!


Feed each other

In order forhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/designandtechnologydepartment/4771136128/

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

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

How do we

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Banish the Inner Critic?

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Eliminate Should/Must/Ought/Have to

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

Ask it questions

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Be compassionatehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/wrote/2646295354/

Reassign duty

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Remember your successeshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/pocait/2847866615/

(My personal version)Photo: Denise Jacobs

Maintain perspectivehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/daikrieg/1294053038/

*WHATEVER*

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Cop a Power Pose

Breaking the loop

Perfectionism

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Perfectionism is self-abuse of the highest order. Anne Wilson Schaef

The real problem

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Remember finished product

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vs. process?...http://www.flickr.com/photos/spyndle/474122586/

The Best vs The mosthttps://www.flickr.com/photos/villify/10871945326

Remember egocentricity

You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.

Dr. Maya Angelou

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

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

Humble beginningsTwitter, circa 2006

Copy the #fail mastersPhoto: Denise Jacobs

Take stepshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/seandreilinger/959864706/

Fail in privatehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/seandreilinger/959867550/

Try againhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/seandreilinger/959864706/

Satisfice

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Be bad/make it uglyhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/kpwerker/6051104684

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

Perfection Excellence

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Procrastination


The trick is not determining which you are

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

Nor administering a dose of

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Increase the meaning/value

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Mind Trickshttps://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/5325454434/

Dont do it, just get ready toPhoto: Denise Jacobs

Structured procrastinationhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/superamit/1043379069

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

Eliminate distractions

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

Ignore to focus

Tools RescueTime.com GetConcentrating.com HeyFocus.com

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

Aids for digital blocking

Airplane mode

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Make it a Sprint

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Fill a Quota

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Remember this:

Photo: Denise Jacobs

My storys end?http://www.flickr.com/photos/sonialuna/2942020058/

Februaryhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/doug88888/3709856898/

#FAIL

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

I wrote a book!Photo: Denise Jacobs

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Which created AMAZING things for me

Bad dreams

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

Jam = Reward / Satisfaction

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YOU NEVER GET JAM

By sharing my experiencePhoto: Deloria Jacobs

Show you there is an alternative

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By understanding that

Youll 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

Four Secrets to Enhancing Creative Productivity www.creativebloq.com/inspiration/four-secrets-enhancing-creative-productivity-9126098

Banishing Your Inner Critic alistapart.com/articles/banishing-your-inner-critic/

Reigniting Your Creative Spark alistapart.com/articles/reigniting-your-creative-spark/

Breaking the Perfectionism-Procrastination Infinite Loop webstandardssherpa.com/reviews/breaking-the-perfectionism-procrastination-infinite-loop/

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