From the course: Managing Self-Doubt to Tackle Bigger Challenges

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Listen to feedback—not your inner critic

Listen to feedback—not your inner critic

- [Interviewer] I also want to get your view then. Now, there's a bit of a postponement factor, like the way that the inner critic can sound, in terms of, "Hey, if this changes, "if I lost the weight, if I got the certification, "if I had a certain preparation, "then I would feel confident." And so now, for the most part, if that seems like that is often a lie, that is a deception that is destructive. But at the same time, there are times in which no, you really are not prepared for that opportunity or that dream that you're thinking about and some action, some preparation is necessary to get there. So I'd love your view on how could we prudently discern the difference and what's a wise means of thinking through that so that you get the valid prep steps done, but you don't delay yourself 'til it never happens. - [Interviewee] One is pay attention to the evidence that you're getting from the world. Are you getting clear…

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