Episode 126

Being self critical can be motivating. Holding yourself to high standards can cause you to get things done and achieve success. But it does not work for everyone. Carter and Mo discuss how being self critical works for them, issues with listening to experts and thoughts about when ego helps and when it hinders.•The stress of moving house (00:54)•Self criticism vs being positive about everything (05:16)•Exceptional people are often very self critical (07:40)•If you want to be the best at something being overly critical may help get you there (10:38)•Do you need to be the best, or is good good enough?(11:20)•Carter’s progress on building his own property and dealing with his insecurities (12:51)•Conflating expert knowledge in one area for generalised knowledge (20:43) •Why attorneys kill deals 24:17•Getting criticism from other people because of their own self limiting beliefs (25:49)•Can narcissism be beneficial? (26:39)•Good ego vs bad ego (28:50)•Learning what works for you when it comes to self criticism (36:18)The Jerkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_JerkDan Penahttps://www.danpena.co.uk/Conor McGregorhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conor_McGregorElon Muskhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_MuskJeff Bezoshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_BezosSteve Jobs Moviehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs_(film)Winning through Intimidation by Robert Ringerhttps://www.amazon.com/Winning-through-Intimidation-Victor-Business/dp/1626361142/