gives thanks and pivot
Today, when your inner critic rages about some risk you want to take, thank them and pivot. Say to yourself this is a risk, your protection is appreciated, but not needed. I’ve got this.
Mark 6:20-21
Instead, “if your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them something to drink, for by doing this you will heap burning coals on their heads.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Some of us don’t have to go far to find our enemies.
Some of us only have to look in the mirror.
Behind our eyes, hidden in a tangle of synaptic connections, that inner critic waits to pounce. I don’t know what gives rise to this voice. Past pain? Experience? The church? Culture? Bullies? Parents?
I’m sure the list is as varied as we are. But somewhere in our journey we doubted ourselves. That doubt grew like kudzu on the side of a country road in Georgia.
I remember a tweet a number of years back that posed the question, “would you accept $100,000 if your worst enemy received the same amount of money?”
Someone replied, “Of course, then I’d be $200,000 richer.”
I think that inner critic is there for protection. It never meant to be an enemy, but comes across that way. Today, I coach people to thank the critic and pivot to other actions. Thank them for the protection in the past, but let that voice know that you’ve got this (whatever this might be).
Today, when that critic rages about some risk you want to take, thank them and pivot. Say to yourself this is a risk, your protection is appreciated, but not needed. I’ve got this.
—Jason Whitehead