{"id":4371,"date":"2011-07-04T08:35:45","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T15:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robertfagan.com\/?p=4371"},"modified":"2023-04-26T19:58:39","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T02:58:39","slug":"fireyourinnercritic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/coaching\/4371\/fireyourinnercritic","title":{"rendered":"Fire Your Inner Critic"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\"\"<\/a>Call it \u201cmonkey talk,\u201d negative self-talk, or whatever.\u00a0 Unless you are some enlightened master who meditates fourteen hours a day, you have an inner critic who is producing and directing a multitude of self-limiting messages.\u00a0 In that you are the CEO of your life, it might be time to consider a termination or reassignment.\u00a0 Why not fire this Inner Critic?<\/p>\n

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This inner critic or little voice works hard.\u00a0 A tireless worker, it produces about 50,000 messages a day.\u00a0 These messages are highlighting your doubts, cross-examining your decisions, belittling your abilities, and telling you are not worthy of your dreams.\u00a0 Once upon a time, you probably hired this inner critic to keep you safe and provide you pause before you acted.\u00a0 Once you experienced a scare, setback, or disappointment, you may have even thanked and promoted this inner critic, but now the little devil has gotten completely out of hand.\u00a0 He is beating you down and poisoning your entire consciousness with limiting beliefs, setting you up for disappointment, frustration, and taking you out of alignment with your best authentic self.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

This inner critic has become incessant turning into a \u201cwaking hypnosis\u201d and it\u2019s time to terminate it.\u00a0 Firings are never fun and seldom easy, but here are a couple tips to help you get rid of the little bugger.<\/p>\n

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  1. Monitor your inner voice.\u00a0 Becoming aware is the first step to determine just how good or destructive your inner voice is.\u00a0 You can choose the thoughts that support you, not your inner critic.\u00a0 When you catch your inner critic spouting forth, thank it very much, but explain that you\u2019re not listening today.\u00a0 Ignore it.\u00a0 And you may want to even keep a written record.\u00a0 Try recording some of the inner critic\u2019s outbursts in writing.\u00a0 You might be shocked at how nasty and destructive the critic can be and you\u2019ll build a better case for the firing.<\/li>\n
  2. Don\u2019t take your inner critic personally. Don\u2019t beat yourself up for having brought it aboard.\u00a0 We all have one, and its intentions were originally noble \u2013 just trying to protect you.\u00a0 That said, if you decide not to fire it, you can always re-assign it.\u00a0 Your critic may reside in your head, and you are always free to promote your heart or your gut as more trusted advisors for those two will never lie to you.<\/li>\n
  3. Relax for you can\u2019t know everything.\u00a0 The world throws so much at us that it\u2019s impossible to know everything about everything.\u00a0 That\u2019s good news.\u00a0 Rather simply be open to life\u2019s possibilities and be accepting of yourself and others.\u00a0 When you deviate or get off track, silence that inner critic and simply ask \u201cWhat can I learn or how can I benefit from this?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In the end, you may be able to avoid firing your inner critic, but you certainly will want to reassign and monitor it.<\/p>\n

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