In thinking about the critic vs. the rockstar…

Why do we listen to our inner critic so much? What if Led Zeppelin listened to critics who were highly critical of Led Zeppelin I? The album was a an ode to rock’s progressive metamorphosis! This album set the stage for all future music and position Led Zeppelin as the most influential/greatest rock band of all time! We’d have no stairway to heaven had they changed their direction on their first album because the critics said too…

So the question is, why do we make decision about ourselves based on what the inner critic says? (ie: I’m not good enough, fast enough, skinny enough to do XYZ or I don’t have enough of those skills to apply for that job). Why do we create the stories in our heads?