Discovering Your True Power

Jay Burgess
3 min readJun 2, 2022

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Being self-critical is a terrific method to drive yourself to become a better person because it forces you to examine your own actions. Maybe you feel that you could do a better job overall. Or perhaps you have a desire to assist persons of the community. You may shout at your kids less often. When you give yourself constructive criticism, you allow yourself to make improvements. But, is there such a thing as going too far with this?

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It is counterproductive to engage in self-criticism to bring up feelings of inadequacy regarding your capabilities. It is one thing to declare, “I want to get better,” and another to actively seek out ways to achieve that goal. Likewise, it’s one thing to have negative thoughts about your own talents, but it’s quite another to have negative thoughts about the ability of others.
It is essential to use the voice within to guide you toward success; however, you may define that term. There are a lot of situations in which you will need to learn how to ignore the critical voice in your head.

You long to accept yourself in your current form. It took a long time for you to develop into the person you are now. If you feel like you need to make changes from the inside out, you should concentrate on the areas of your life holding you back and utilize those as the foundation for the changes you want to make. There is no way that whatever you have ever attempted or completed in your life could have been in vain. If it were the case, you wouldn’t be where you are right now.

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You will need positive reinforcement for yourself and others when you find yourself in situations where you need to silence your inner critic. These affirmations have the potential to assist you in breaking through the negativity and coming to terms with the fact that you do possess significant characteristics. The most important thing you can do is repeat these affirmations repeatedly until they become a regular part of your life. Start a notebook and use it to keep track of the instances in which you feel as though you are being critical of yourself. Review what you’ve written in the diary at a later time, and incorporate doing so into your routine so that it becomes second nature.

Some individuals require a little bit more of a nudge to break out from the pattern of always thinking negative thoughts. It is strongly recommended that you go for assistance from a qualified specialist. People who have difficulty accomplishing this task on their own may seek the help of these qualified specialists.

It may take some work, but the benefits of being able to ignore your inner critic are well worth the effort. You will have a higher opinion of yourself and a more positive attitude toward life if you do this. If there is one thing that is crystal evident, you will be successful in doing more if you maintain this positive perspective rather than continually pulling yourself down. These good shifts will not go unnoticed by others, and most people will welcome them with open arms.

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Jay Burgess
Jay Burgess

Written by Jay Burgess

Chief Revenue Scientist at Revuity Analytics | Fractional Chief Revenue Officer | Husband, Dog Parent, and Pie Lover | Harvard Educated | Data Science | MBA

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