Yes, You Are a Big Deal: Learnings on Impostor Syndrome [Rebroadcast]

<p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Impostor syndrome. You know what that is, right? It’s when you’re in your space and having success but you feel like a phoney. Like a fraud who’s about to be outed. Like you can’t really take credit for your achievements. That it was actually just luck all along. Or coincidence.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Imposter syndrome can happen to the best of us. I recognized it in myself at a conference recently. “Who am I to be teaching people about self-development?” It was uncomfortable at the time, it but turned into a beautiful experience of releasing negative emotions and shifting focus. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That came after announcing over the microphone to all the attendees what was going on with me.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">No, I’m not kidding. It was a sweet release as I squarely addressed my own phantom fears. You’ll have to tune in to learn more…</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So, yeah, impostor syndrome is real. I often see it in my clients too. Impostor syndrome creates issues around the notions of competence, confidence, and criticism.</span></p> <div style="margin-left: 2em;"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Competence.</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Where did you get the idea that you need to know it all to be competent? No one can know it all. And no one</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">needs</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">to know it all. The idea is ludicrous, right? You know that. So why let yourself feel small and incompetent when you realize you don’t know something? Competence is about learning along the way. And you can only learn by giving yourself permission to fail and get back up and try again. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Confidence.</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Everyone has moments of self-doubt. Instead of letting those moments put you in a funk of low self-esteem, recognize that self-doubt is