The Critic Within

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It was a blustery morning in the lobby of the conference center. The conversations created a cacophony of white noise. I grabbed my coffee and walked to a nearby table to start doing work.

As I sat, I honed-in on a few conversations people were having — not with others, but with themselves. You see, much like myself, these people had grabbed their cup of coffee and found a spot to do some work. The difference was many of them were…