Banish Your Inner Critic: Silence the Voice of Self-Doubt to Unleash Your Creativity and Do Your Best Work

Written by Denise Jacobs

Narrated by Julienne Irons

Silence the Voice of Self Doubt
“Banish Your Inner Critic provides knowledge, insight, tools and practice for getting unstuck and expressing full creative potential." ―Rebecca Stockley, Co-Founder of BATS Improv in San Francisco CA

Are you ready to boost your personal productivity—minus the fear and loathing? Are you ready to Banish Your Inner Critic and unleash the creative ideas and personal productivity within you? Help is on the way!

Blocked creative ideas. Everybody has one, an inner critic that tells you that others have more talent, you’re just faking it, and that you’ll never have those great creative ideas that seem just out of reach. This inner critic is a subconscious deterrent that stands between the seeds of great creative ideas and the fruits of achievement. It afflicts us with a mental block as deadlines approach, makes us so afraid of being judged that we hold ourselves back and don’t share our expertise, forces us to question our ability to learn ideas and technologies quickly; and makes us doubt, discount, and kill our ideas before they see the light of day.

Find a world of creative ideas. Denise Jacobs is a speaker, author and creativity evangelist who speaks at web conferences and consults with tech companies worldwide. As the Founder and Chief Creativity Evangelist of "The Creative Dose", she teaches techniques to make the creative process more fluid, how to make work environments more conducive to personal productivity, and practices for sparking innovation. Now, in Banish Your Inner Critic, Denise Jacobs shows you how to defeat barriers that are holding you back and achieve success through a positive mental attitude.

Banish Your Inner Critic and:

Identify and quiet the voice of self-doubt
Master three powerful practices to transform how you relate to yourself and your creativity
Generate more creative ideas than ever before
If you’re a fan of books such as The Artist’s Way or The War of Art, you should read Banish Your Inner Critic.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Everand Productions
• Release date: Jul 25, 2023
• ISBN: 9781094455785

Denise Jacobs

Denise Jacobs is a speaker, author and Creativity Evangelist who keynotes conferences and consults with tech companies worldwide. As the Founder and CEO of The Creative Dose, she teaches game-changing techniques for busting through creative blocks, cultivating collaboration, and up-leveling creative productivity. She leads workshops and trainings that unlock creativity in individuals, teams, and workplaces.

Reviews for Banish Your Inner Critic

[Kgomotso Tsatsi · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Good book to read I liked it than you kindly

[Mela Nie · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Some notes:
• 5 Steps for Learning a new Subject:
1. Research: Limit the number of sources to around 20 and then stop; infographics
2. Sketch: Chart the relationships between concepts
3. Connect with the other knowledge you already have
4. Ask experts about the things you really need to know
5. Explain: write down everything that you have learned about the subject as though you were explaining it to a child: if you can’t explain to a 6 year old, you don’t understand it yourself
• Build your skills with intentions: 10,000 hour rule for mastery
• Commit 20 hours of focused practice. Schedule properly to avoid fatigue.

[HongLong · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

First, i am not a fan of self-help books, I just only try to improve my english and look for a listening material to kill time when i drive or in leisure time. I did not have any expectations about the book, and the topic about this book is not my problem either, so I am not one who seeks a self help book just for the sake of addressing that problem in their life.
I rate this book high simply because the author of this book indeed has vast knowledge about the problem she wrote. There are a lot of new words, and amazing ways to phrase a problem that I did not see in other self help books. Maybe because those were not interesting enough to me. Not to mention, the narrator somehow seems very passionate, the way she tells the story of the book really hooks me the most . I keep engrossed in listening to the book even more. Probably because the narrator's voice suits my ear.
Don't know about the others, but if you are a fan of self help books, never expect reading a book will help you solve your life problem, only feel dejected after finishing the book. No one has ever changed their life simply by reading books alone but also through deliberate action.

[Jeanette Fritsche · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

*This* book, is a real jewel in the sea of self improvement material. This book has hit so many chords in me that make me feel seen, heard, understood and even guided- through the abyss of.... Chaos, denial, repression, oppression .. pfft I have so much gratitude for the author.

[Jessekrause · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Can’t listen to the narration, she sounds like a robot.