If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- When inner doubt tells you you cannot create, you should create anyway to prove that doubt wrong.
- In plain terms
- Do the thing you fear you cannot do to silence your self-doubt.
- What can you take from it?
- Action silences internal critics.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What voices stop you from creating?
- How does action change your confidence?
Another view
Some internal warnings may signal real inability or danger rather than just fear.
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