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The paradox of being an impostor
In order for you to believe in yourself, you need to convince someone else to believe in you. Once they believe in you, you feel more confident to believe in yourself.
When you're an impostor, you expect to be exposed at any time. You feel that at some point, someone might appear and see you for the fraud you think you are.
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Impostor syndrome is an epidemic
There are several reasons why the impostor syndrome seems to have become an epidemic.
- We have given the phenomenon a name.
- Our preoccupation with it is the result of profound social change. Many people work in the service economy, where we create impressions rather than tan...
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Different types of impostor
- The Anxious Impostor has negative views of themselves that are unjustified.
- The Hustling Impostor engages in a deliberate form of self-presentation to achieve ends that may otherwise not be possible. "Fake it till you make it."
- The...
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Impostor syndrome
The impostor syndrome is the sense that our accomplishments are in some way underserved, no matter how consistent the evidence is to the contrary.
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Impostorism has its use
Impostorism is not altogether a bad thing. Successful people should have both enough self-awareness and enough self-doubt to question themselves.
The strange thing is that the more expert you become in a field, the stronger your feeling of impostorism.
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Impostorism is a form of arrogance
In parenting, we pretend that we know what's best for our children without really knowing. Even if our guidance makes sense, it's just guessing. Realizing this, we at first judge, and later forgive our own parents for it.
With others, we often presume that we know what other people think ...
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The Reality of Impostor Syndrome
- The impostor syndrome is like a nagging feeling that our success might be due to luck, good timing, or even a computer error.
- It makes us think we have done nothing, and that we secretly are a fraud for taking undue credit.
- The person suffering from an impostor syndrome lives...
Arouse In The Other Person An Eager Want
The only way to influence other people is to talk about what they want and show them how to get it.
To convince someone to do something, we have to frame it in terms of what motivates them. And in order to do that, we have to be able to see things ...
Deal With Impostor Syndrome: The Coué Method
This is a way to change your self-talk to guide your own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors:
- Choose an anti–impostor syndrome phrase - a positive affirmation or your own personalized phrase that helps you break out of impostor syndrome. I.e: "I got th...
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