Taking Control of Your Inner Critic
The Brian Buffini Show
Brian Buffini
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
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Everyone wrestles with an inner critic. The real difference is what you do when that negative voice shows up. In this episode, Brian shares how to take control of your inner narrative, guard what you allow into your mind and build the emotional and physical capacity to stay positive under pressure. He also explains why your routines, relationships and daily inputs play a major role in how you think, work and lead.
From personal stories to practical coaching, Brian shows how to quiet the negative voice, reinforce the positive and become your own biggest fan.
YOU WILL LEARN:
• Why your input determines your output.
• How routines and physical capacity help you manage negative thoughts.
• Why being kind to yourself is essential for long-term success.
NOTEWORTHY QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE:
“Self-reflection is good, but self-deconstruction is bad.”
“Not everyone in the world is cheering for us. We can’t be joining the critics.”
“Your input determines your output.”
“We say things to ourselves we would not allow anyone else to say to us.”
“When I’ve been at my best as a human being, it’s when that part of my life is at its most disciplined.”
“If you’re not your own biggest fan, nobody will be.”
“I’m not going to turn my mind into a prison.”
“I need to be at my physical best to then have the emotional capacity to handle things.”
“Social media is a great supplemental process. I don’t think it’s a primary process.”
“The two things that will test you in business are success and adversity.”
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| 0:00.0 | Give me a minute and I'll help you take control of your worst critic. I have a worst critic, you have a worst critic, and I have a name for it. I call him, meself. You know it, I know it, nobody's harder on us than we are. And today I'm going to show you how to take control of that hard version of ourselves. My biggest critic, I shave in the mirror every morning. |
| 0:21.6 | Now, self-reflection is good, but self-deconstruction is bad. |
| 0:26.6 | The ancient scriptures say to hold every thought captive. |
| 0:29.6 | Sometimes I actually tell my mind out loud, |
| 0:32.6 | shut up. |
| 0:33.6 | Then ultimately turn your thoughts towards the positive. Whatever is noble, whatever is good. |
| 0:39.5 | That's how you take your biggest critic and turn it into your greatest cheerleader. |
| 0:43.7 | Here's what we have to understand. Not everyone in the world is cheering for us. We can't be joining the critics. |
| 0:49.6 | Become your own cheerleader and turn the critic off. |
| 1:03.9 | Top of the morning to you. I'm Brian Buffini. I don't know one person that hasn't wrestled with their own inner narrative. Some do it better than others. Where it's easier to |
| 1:10.0 | self-identify the triggers of uncertainty, mistake, comparison, |
| 1:14.8 | that all produces fatigue. |
| 1:16.9 | But it's what you do once the trigger occurs. |
| 1:19.7 | That's what makes the world of a difference. |
| 1:22.4 | If thoughts had a volume knob, |
| 1:24.6 | today I'm going to help you turn down the negative |
| 1:27.2 | so the positive becomes the |
| 1:29.0 | loudest soundtrack in your mind. My daughter, Anna, her whole career in Dressage, was all about |
| 1:35.0 | achieving perfection. Real judges criticizing every little detail. So don't miss our conversation |
| 1:42.0 | in Ask Mr. B. It'll be a game changer when it comes to gaining |
| 1:46.5 | control of your thoughts. But first, let's break down the key principles calming your worst |
| 1:52.1 | critic in today's blueprint. Now today's blueprint is on how to control your inner critic. |
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