The Devil Tarot Card: Quiet your Phantom Critics

Your inner Devil will speak to you as Phantom Critics screaming in your head, making sure you stay in your place. These voices urge you to stay where you are, to not move forward. They want you to believe what you are capable of, and more importantly, what you are not capable of. They remind you of problems and failures from the past and convince you that you will experience them again if you try to forge ahead with new endeavors. These Phantom critics let you know that attempts to be more than you are will only be futile so there is really no reason to try.

Those who achieve success in the world, though, are adept at tuning these phantom critics out, and even shutting them up entirely. So, stay focused on what it is that you want to achieve, and don’t be distracted by their voices. These Phantom Critics are experts at mimicry. They may sound like just about anything or anybody. They may speak to you in your own voice, or maybe in the voice of somebody from your past. It may be in the voice of somebody you know right now. Any voice from within that tells you what you cannot achieve is not to believed. Accept them as the Phantom Critics and the Devil that they are, and prove them wrong by achieving all you can achieve. — Jim Larsen