In this episode we discuss Imposter Syndrome

Imposter Syndrome is seen as the state of doubting your ability to be successful and to feel inauthentic, deceptive, and not worthy of the role you hold.

Initially society thought that Imposter Syndrome only happened with women, but now it is clear that it's an issue across gender, ethnic, and age groups.

Valerie Young introduced five different types of imposter syndrome in her book "The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: Why Capable People Suffer from Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It."

Understanding your type can help you work on the negatives and embrace the positives in a productive way and you’ll get suggestions of what you could do to turn this into a superpower.

The types are:

- The perfectionist: you deliver a high standard of work, goals and results, any flaw is seen as result will find it hard to be satisfied with your achievements. You will focus on any minor flaws instead of focusing on the good (or probably great). Work on rewarding yourself for the wins.-

- The expert: highly educated, not knowing is seen as failure. Embrace your education for the rich and rewarding asset that it is. Not only have you acquired an abundance of knowledge, but your quest for knowledge makes you an expert in absorbing new information and issues to analyse, and problem solve.

Remember not knowing something is not a failure, see it as an opportunity to learn new things.

- The soloist: you get confidence from your productivity and see asking for help as a weakness.

Embrace your ability to be able to get stuff done! Not only can this make you an excellent part of a team, but it means you have great skills you could teach others. Remember asking for help is a sign of weakness

- The Natural Genius: you will find yourself setting big goals and then feel crushed when you fail on the first try. You judge your competence on the ease and speed of obtaining your goals. If you are in this category – you are naturally talented. This is a great advantage whether you get it perfect the first time or not. Get confidence from the natural abilities you can utilize and be excited about all the skills that you can add.

Remember that not being able to master a skill immediately does not make you a failure. See it as an opportunity for learning.

- The Superhero: you focus on the number of things you can juggle and achieve at once. You feel like a failure when you can’t handle everything in your life easily and perfectly. You push yourself as hard as possible because deep down, you feel you may be inadequate.

Learn to go easy on yourself, you don’t have to be able to achieve it all. No one should expect you to. Just select the right priorities.

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The book from Valerie you that's discussed is called "The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: Why Capable People Suffer from Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It"