Strength of mind

Keep a special diary

In it write down all the phrases and quotes that come into conflict with the undesirable theses of the inner critic. They can be found in articles on the Internet, books (including art), conversations with clever people and films.

It will be a long standoff. But the more information is collected, the weaker will be the voice of the internal critic. In fact, the only thing that keeps most of us from succeeding is laziness.

Track your thoughts

Part of this we touched on earlier, but the advice is so important that it needs to be repeated and somewhat expanded.

The taming of the inner critic begins with awareness. When you become aware of the usual, patterned thoughts, you already know with what or whom to fight. If life goes on autopilot, then it can be compared with the work of the TV in the background when you are cooking in the kitchen.

It's simple: as soon as you are distracted from the cooking of food and switch to the TV, you start making mistakes. The only exception to which Daniel Kahneman spoke in his book "Think slowly .... Decide quickly, "is the situation where both actions are automatic.

For example, if you are able to cook and made a hundred times pizza with hunting sausages, switching attention to the TV does not affect negatively on the dish. And vice versa.

Why do you need to know this? To understand: you need to keep track of your thoughts when you do not have any other conscious deeds. For example, when walking or washing hands.

We wish you good luck!