This week's show is all about Impostor Syndrome after a recent episode of Podcast Answerman in which Cliff Ravenscraft told anyone who was putting off podcasting because they were suffering from Impostor Syndrome to just crack on and title their first episode, I Feel Like an Impostor. Well this is episode 85 of Sheep Dressed Like Wolves and I still feel like an impostor so I thought I would follow Cliff's advice and just do it with this one instead.

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt" - Bertrand Russell

The 'social introvert' label is not that helpful because it assumes beneath the surface that this is an unusual combination. It isn't. We are all social.

“When you're tired and drained, how do you recharge? What gives you energy: staying home, or going out? If attending a social gathering and being around people sounds energizing, you're an extrovert. If it sounds draining, you're an introvert, simple as that.”

Music by Lowercase Noises.

The 'social introvert' label is not that helpful because it assumes beneath the surface that this is an unusual combination. It isn't. We are all social.

“When you're tired and drained, how do you recharge? What gives you energy: staying home, or going out? If attending a social gathering and being around people sounds energizing, you're an extrovert. If it sounds draining, you're an introvert, simple as that.”

Music by Lowercase Noises.

Have you ever noticed something that needed changing or fixing, or moving that it seemed no one else noticed?

What did you do? Did you pretend you didn't notice, like everyone else? Or did you do something about it?

Reluctant leadership is our response to noticing things.

Have you ever noticed something that needed changing or fixing, or moving that it seemed no one else noticed?

What did you do? Did you pretend you didn't notice, like everyone else? Or did you do something about it?

Reluctant leadership is our response to noticing things.

In this week's episode I spend a short amount of time addressing one of the questions that was asked in the member's Q&A session this week. Why are introverts and highly sensitive people also often multipotentialites?

In this week's episode I spend a short amount of time addressing one of the questions that was asked in the member's Q&A session this week. Why are introverts and highly sensitive people also often multipotentialites?

Small talk is a necessary evil. Most of us can't do whatever it is we want to do in life without engaging in it from time to time. We can make it easier.

You may well be aware that I launched the new Membership Area of Sheep Dressed Like Wolves on the 1st June 2014. It has been equally exciting and terrifying, and is something I've wanted to do for just over a year.

In this week's episode of the podcast I wanted to use the opportunity to be open and transparent about why I've gone down this road and what I hope will come from it over the coming months and years. Music from GoGoPenguin, Noah Bernstein, and Lowercase Noises

We've all experienced criticism, none of us find it easy. It is something that can really affect introverted and highly sensitive people, and if allowed to prevail it can have damaging consequences.

Whatever choices you make, whatever you attempt to do, even if you decide you're going to hide away and do nothing, it's safe to say someone is going to judge you for it. It's a part of life. I learned the hard way how important it is to be specific about the kind of feedback we want when we ask for it. Find out more about that in this week's episode. In this episode I explore five things that we should do if we want to step beyond criticism when it comes our way.

1. Stop Focussing On The Negative

2. Accept You Can't Please Everyone

3. Refocus on Your Way

4. Don’t Respond Like for Like

5. Don’t Become Negative and Critical

Music - Haley Bonar - From A Cage, Lew Bear - Ripples, Lowercase Noises