So, when you were a kid, ever wondered about the voice inside your head that kept you going, challenged you, made you better. Yes, right?

Now when you are growing up, ever wondered about that same voice which made you better? Nah, all I know is that voice is a mean beast which questions my every move, makes me hesitate, and makes me doubt myself. That sounds more familiar. You see that voice which we remember from childhood has grown as well, it has been exposed to the real world, it has been corrupted.

No one tells us that that cocky attitude as a kid is an extremely precious thang. It moulds us into being more creative, you see, when you criticise your every move you won’t be able to put a foot forward. And when you are being a cocky S.O.B you release ideas which are far more creative, and if you keep up with it then you might make another masterpiece.

Despite several of its advantages, self-criticism might prove detrimental to one’s self-esteem. It may further prevent the individual from taking risks, asserting own opinions and believing in oneself and one’s abilities.

Self criticism stops us from making that first shitty draft, heck every first draft is shitty, stop doubting yourself and get on with it.

When you are an adult everyone will try to 1-up you, everyone would want to brush you aside so that they can reach a better position, if you are unlucky you won’t have your parents around to believe in you or to support you when you fall down. At that moment if you are critical about your behaviour, rubbing your own face to the ground, then buddy you are going to have a hard time getting up. You remember those kids who draw awful drawings and yet they ask their parents to hang it up on the fridge, and they cry if the pictures are not hung up. Yes, be that kid. Respect your draft, keep striving for greatness, pull the damn Picasso out of yourself and keep pushing.

Self criticism is lethal stuff, believe in yourself because nobody in this godforsaken world has got a damn second to believe in you. ( Except parents, <3 pa and ma).

But when you have started doing something self critism can weigh in in your success, all that analysis means you usually know when you gave something the best possible shot, someone once said. "Youcan run the right play and not get the touchdown, but you still ran the right play," she says. "Youcan still be happy with that." That's a pretty good argument. Anything that makes people happier about failure sounds like a really good idea to me.

Peace.

0



  0