Comments on: How to Conquer Your Inner Critic (For Good!)

By: Kalyn Brooke

Kalyn Brooke — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 19:51:39 +0000

In reply to Dawn.

I love that phrase too! It’s so helpful!

I’m so glad you’re starting to see the strength in what you used to think of only as a weakness. Thanks for taking the time to comment!

By: Dawn

Dawn — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 13:35:32 +0000

This is a great post! My thing is that I’m indecisive partly because I want to research it way too much or I just think I need more time than I really do so I will just decide later. Maybe that’s a little perfectionism tendency too. What helps me is the phrase ‘better done than perfect’. I didn’t think there was a positive side to indecisiveness until I saw what you wrote. My decisions are definitely thought through! Thank you for sharing that and thank you for this post!

By: Kalyn Brooke

Kalyn Brooke — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 17:41:25 +0000

In reply to Genesis Sampson. Thanks so much for taking the time to share! It's awesome that you know that about yourself and can find ways to overcome it--yet still see how it can be a strength.

By: Genesis Sampson

Genesis Sampson — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 02:59:22 +0000

Kalyn, I totally agree with you! For every flaw we see in ourselves, it has the power to be harnessed as a strength! I also like to try a thousand different ‘systems’, but I like to see it as an experiment so that I don’t feel bad for moving on if it doesn’t work.

For my own personal flaw, I think one of my biggest is that I am hyper-aware of what other people are thinking. So much so that I can’t actually handle being around people for that long, because it tires me out to be thinking of them so much, and it makes me self-conscious. On the positive side, it usually means that I am good at making others comfortable and giving them what they need. Like you said, there’s a good thing for every criticism we have about ourselves. Thanks for the encouragement!