The new approaches you are taking at work or in your hobbies today could make you feel innovative and imaginative. Perhaps you realize that by trying something different, you can come into your own with your creative ideas. Learning to let go of your inner critic today may help you tap more deeply into your creativity. While working you can pay attention to the inner dialogue you have about what you are doing. Should you notice any self-defeating thoughts arise, simply let them go. A good way to release these thoughts is to smile whenever they surface -- as if you were smiling politely to an unwelcome houseguest. Even though your inner critic may come to visit, if you politely tell it to leave you can open yourself up more easily to new ideas.
Observing our thoughts without trying to change them makes it easier not only to do our tasks but to do so inventively since we are not censoring our new ideas. Paying attention to our self-talk often stifles the risks we take in our work, and we keep to what is tried and true rather than what is inspirational and innovative. Letting our thoughts pass us by means that we don't hold onto them -- they are merely part of a stream of mind chatter -- that often have little bearing on what we do. Allowing your inner critic to be a guest rather than a presence today will free you from your limitations and let you make way for all of your brilliant ideas to shine.
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