Criticism is Always Destructive: A Kinder Way to Unleash Genius

Take criticism, they say…it will be good for you, they say. Our culture has led us to believe that criticism is the price we pay for genius and that it's the only way to learn what we need in order to be great.   There's one problem though: no one learns and improves when they're in fight mode. We can't access flow or genius when we're frozen up - it's impossible to get better when we're getting beat down. All it does is create a fear of not performing, being good enough, and of being a failure.   There is a way to learn, improve and access greatness that's much kinder. It's feedback, - finding appreciation and turning towards life instead of cowering in fear of failing or being seen as incompetent.   How do we shift away from self-judgment and do better through self kindness? What shuts down our ability to learn new things and how do we turn that around and invite life in?   In this episode, we talk about a recent pickleball experience and what it taught us about learning new things and getting better at what we love.   Fear is a crossroads. If you let it take you over then you don't do the thing you set out to do, and you just end up with regret. -Sophie Chiche    Three Things You'll Learn In This Episode    -From fight to flow How do we use our bodies to move through self-judgment obstacles, blocks and old patterns?   -The greatest favor we can do How does truly seeing and appreciating people invoke their genius?    -Befriend your fear What can we do to integrate our zone of genius while embracing the fear of the unknown?