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If you’ve ever passed on your dream job or opportunity because it scared you to death, then you need to know that you aren’t alone. Tara Sophia Mohr, expert on conscious leadership and the creator of the Playing Big leadership program for women, says that creatives that handle their own careers need many selves for each aspect of the creative process. We paralyse ourselves when we bring out the wrong self at the wrong time. Mohr has identified three voices within every creator: the inner artist, the inner editor, and the inner agent. The inner artist rules the domain of receiving ideas and inspiration and fleshing them out. The inner editor’s job is revising and trimming, making sure the work communicates the artist’s intent. The inner agent comes out to develop marketing and communicating strategies and to find lucrative distribution paths. While the inner selves don’t have to be used in a linear process, they have to be used for exactly their specific purpose. Using one when you should be using the other leads to stagnation. Mohr has developed techniques to identify and harness each inner self, including assessing your creative life so that you know what self you default to and what self you avoid. She also advocates mindfully shifting in and out of each role as you progress throughout your creative journey.
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Self-Sabotage And the Ways you can avoid it
Have you ever come across your dream opportunity
And then allowed yourself to let it slip away?
Maybe it was an awesome book deal
Or a mindblowing business proposal
Either way, you ignored it
Even if you knew very well that it was a once in a lifetime thing
Have you ever wondered why we sometimes behave in such a clearly counterproductive way?
“As creatives governing our own careers, we have to bring many skillsets – many different selves, even – to the diverse activities we do on a daily basis. When we bring the wrong self to the table, we get paralysed.” – Tara Sophia Mohr
Mohr believes that every creator has three voices that must be used in different situations
And most problems in the creative life arise from bringing the wrong self to the right task
Let’s break it down…
The Inner Artist
Specialisation: receiving ideas and inspiration, execution, seeing concepts into fruition
“being known as a problem solver is a good thing. But when people start looking at you to put out their fires… that is different. They will keep coming back and you will soon be an expected service.
Environment: Safe from others’ opinions, impressions, judgments
The Inner Editor
Specialisation: revising, trimming, structuring, editing, ensuring that the work effectively communicates the artist’s message
Environment: With other people gauging reactions, comments, opinions
The Inner Agent
Specialisation: being market savvy, courageous, bold, able to find the optimum path to success
Environment: Communicating and marketing the work to potential stakeholders, clients, and investors
“The artist explores what he doesn’t know. The editor brings to bear what he does know. The agent advocates for what he wants.”– Tara Sophia Mohr
Using these three selves will allow you to navigate the different processes of creativity, editing, and self-marketing
Still confused? There are ways to explore them further and employ them better!
Ask questions like:Which of these roles is my comfort zone?Which of these roles is my default?Which of these roles do I avoid like the plague?
Get to know each of your inner roles.Give each of them a theme song. Assign each of them a color. Visualise each of them as a fruit.
Map out your week and figure out which role is appropriate for each task
And finally, make a conscious effort to shift in and out of eachappropriate role
Learning when, where, and how to use yourInner artistInner editorInner agentWill allow you the freedom to take each and every opportunity that you deserve
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