3 Ways To Get Your Inner Critic Off Your Biz's Board of Directors

So you know about your Inner Critic and you think he or she is residing on your biz's board of directors, which is impacting your business.

So the REAL question is how do you do you get him or her OFF your board of directors?

Well, here are 3 keys to get you started:

1. Turn the voice down of your Inner Mean Girl or Bully. Sounds easier said than done, eh? Well, the way to get started is to identify their voice (which is NOT your voice) so you can stop listening to them.

At first you'll probably find the voice getting louder, but that's okay. It means you're on the right track. Eventually you'll be able to start turning the volume down.

2. Give your Inner Mean Girl or Bully another job. Although it usually doesn't feel like it, your Inner Mean Girl or Bully came into existence to protect you. Yes it's a misguided protection and yes at this point she or he is hurting you more than helping you, but nonetheless his or her original job was to help.

So now that the job has got completely twisted up, it's time to give her or him a new job. A job that really WILL help and not hurt.

For instance, does your Inner Mean Girl like to compare you to others? Well maybe her new job should be as a talent scout -- to find other talented people to hire or partner up with -- rather than compare you to them.

See how this can work?

3. Start listening to your intuition or Inner Wisdom. Probably the biggest problem with your Inner Mean Girl or Bully is their voice is so darn loud it drowns out the voice of your intuition. How can you possibly figure out what your next step is supposed to be in your business if your Inner Wisdom is engaged in a shouting match with your Inner Mean Girl? (And unfortunately Inner Wisdom really isn't all that talented at shouting -- unlike your Inner Mean Girl who excels at throwing fits.)

So how can you hear your Inner Wisdom? A good place to start is to get quiet. Inner Wisdom can't hear herself or himself think when there's all this noise around. (Hence why your Inner Mean Girl or Bully have gotten so darn good at being noisy.) Give yourself room to just sit and breathe and keep telling your Inner Mean Girl or Bully to hush. Eventually you'll start to "hear" your Inner Wisdom.

(And you'll know it's your Inner Wisdom because your Inner Wisdom will NEVER lie to you, where your Inner Mean Girl or Bully often lie and are in fact very good liars.)

Now this might not be easy at first but don't give up. The more you do it the easier it will be. And wouldn't it be wonderful to stop having that darn Inner Mean Girl or Bully yapping in your ear and instead be able to truly follow your Inner Wisdom?