How To Destroy The Inner Critic Holding You Back | Lewis Howes
The Daily Motivation
Lewis Howes
4.8 • 960 Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2026
⏱️ 8 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show. |
| 0:12.0 | The key idea here is about overcoming the inner critic by realizing that you hold immense power within you to control your destiny. |
| 0:26.0 | And this is hard because a lot of us have learned how to have an inner critic that pushes |
| 0:32.0 | us down that says, nah, you'll never amount to anything. You're insecure. You're stupid. |
| 0:38.1 | You're not smart. |
| 0:38.9 | You're ugly. |
| 0:39.7 | Whatever insecurity we might have, for whatever reason, our inner critic has trained |
| 0:44.7 | us to be allowed. |
| 0:46.2 | And until we train something else to overcome that, that is going to be the narrative |
| 0:51.0 | running inside of our own minds consistently. |
| 0:54.3 | So many people want more out of life. |
| 0:57.2 | And I'm sure you want more out of life, more success, more love, more peace, more freedom. |
| 1:01.9 | But at the same time, they're carrying a quiet belief that says, who do I think I am to have that? |
| 1:08.7 | Who do I think I am to have a great relationship where someone truly loves me for who I am? Who do I think I am to have that? Who do I think I am to have a great relationship where someone truly loves me for who I am? |
| 1:14.1 | Who do I think I am to have financial freedom? |
| 1:16.7 | Who do I think I am to have a job or a career that is fun and fulfilling for me? |
| 1:22.4 | Who do I think I am to go after this dream of writing a book or starting a show or doing something crazy that my |
| 1:28.6 | friends and family are scared of me even talking about. Who am I to think I have the ability |
| 1:35.9 | to deserve that? That I really deserve that. Have you ever felt this way about anything in your |
| 1:43.3 | life? Have you ever had this |
| 1:44.6 | thought? Who do I think I am to have this dream? Leave a comment if you've ever had that thought. |
| 1:51.7 | Who do I think I am to have that? And that belief doesn't come from the now. It comes from the past. |
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