I often use two-word comebacks as responses to the nastygrams my Inner Critic (IC) hurls at me. I dont want to dignify it with more than two words. Better to just slap it away with a quick retort. Here are three of my most common:
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From Tony Schwartz: “We derive little value and create even less by complaining and whining, bickering and blaming.It’s an illusion that expressing anger is cathartic. Expressing emotions strengthens them, for better and for worse. Anger simply begets more anger. The more blame we dole out, the better we get at blaming, and the more helpless we feel.
Taking responsibility is the alternative. That means investing energy in what you can influence, and not dissipating it on what you can’t.
This is a direct quote from Tony Schwartz’s latest blog for the Harvard Business Review,
Fueling Positive Emotions in a World Gone Mad.
It’s an excellent article. If you enjoy this blog, you’ll like Tony’s even better.
I’ve been coveting a magic knife that would slice through my dull mental state. Like many folks during this time of year, I’ve flatlined creatively and
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I’m reading Dr. Daniel Amen’s work on the brain. It’s pop neuroscience at its best. I’ve read enough about it to know that Amen’s suggestions are
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This is my super simple Excel 2010
social media spreadsheet. I use it as a weekly planning tool. Anyone who wants to download, have at it. I know it's rudimentary. If you do something clever with it, send me a copy. :)
