214: Stop feeling like a fake

Have you ever shut yourself down, thinking you weren’t good enough to achieve something? Well, no matter how confident men may appear to you on the outside, every high achiever has at some point felt like a fake. A loser. A poser. Unable to accomplish. All that despite a record of high achievement. As the founders of The Lions Pride, both by business partner Bill and I both have felt the impostor syndrome. The impostor syndrome hits men when they feel like the world sees them as great and powerful, but they feel like the Wizard of Oz—a lowly man behind a curtain. You don’t have to feel like that. In this episode, we give you three action items you can use to get past the impostor syndrome—and all the bad business decisions that come along with it. If you want to make better business decisions filled with confidence, listen to this episode. If you’ve ever felt like a poser who doesn’t deserve the success you have, you ought to hear what we have to say. And if you’ve ever criticized yourself after someone complimented you, click play in the player above to rise to a new level. Listen to hear about the impostor syndrome and more Our company name change and how we shed the impostor syndrome to embrace it. Why men who feel like an impostor miss a critical component of goal-setting. What you see in the mirror versus what others see. The two types of impostor syndrome, and how to beat each. Why you should do things you don’t feel like are hard for people who think they are. Two world-famous people who still feel impostor syndrome. The percentage of successful men we think feel like a failure or fake. 3 things to never do if you doubt your business decisions. Why base hits are better than home runs sometimes. How we got compared to dentists (when we feel like surgeons.) Stop faking: If impostor syndrome is something you struggle with, let’s talk. We offer a limited amount of free 30-minute video calls for men who want something even better than what they’ve made for themselves. Let’s do this!