How to Kill Your Inner Critic

Originally published on BeyondGrowth.net on June 17, 2016 By Duff McDuffee I found this headline in the wild this week: “how to kill your inner critic.” This idea appeals to a lot of people. I find this sad. Here’s why: Killing parts of yourself doesn’t work. Attempting to do so…

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You are Responsible for You: autonomy, automaticity, and change

Originally published on DuffMcDuffee.com By Duff McDuffee No one else “causes” your thoughts, feelings, or behaviors. This is an impoverished model of reality. In this cause-effect model, people do things and you have a response. That’s the whole model. There are no choice points in this model. You are a…

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