4 Simple Ways to Shut Down Your Inner Critic

Jake Wilder
5 min readApr 13, 2021

Treat It Like a Diehard Trump Supporter

My inner critic’s a real jerk.

He sits in the background, waiting for any opportunity to criticize my work or pass judgment. He never has anything productive to offer. He makes no suggestions on how to improve. He just offers some belligerent ravings on how trying anything new will be an unmitigated disaster.

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Jake Wilder

I don’t know where I’m going. But at least I know how to get there.