Who am I to start a podcast in my own name? That too, about building a personal brand! There are so many other people, more talented and famous than I am. What if you will find out one day that I am a fraud, and the things I say in the podcast, the ideas, vision, personal branding tips, businesses, and entrepreneurial advice and the guests, are not genuine!
The 1000 plus downloads we have so far, the messages I get, and the business inquiries, are flukes. I am not the one they are looking for, They all are going to find out one day that this is not real, I am not capable of doing what I say I am and I won’t be able to live up to the expectations of everyone. I will be a failure again.
Podcast Intro
You are listening to The Samuna KC Podcast and I am your host Samuna.
If you feel like the way I feel, then apparently you are not alone. Also, I am not the only one out here.
Here are a few names that you might have heard and their experiences.
Natalie Portman- Actress and Harvard Graduate, has repeatedly shared her experiences of feeling like a fraud. Especially during the grad school.
Jennifer Lopez says, “Even Though I had sold 70 million albums, there I was feeling like, ‘I am no good at this.’”
Jodie Foster said, ‘When I won the oscar I thought I was a fluke. I thought everybody would find out and they’d take it back. “Excuse me, we meant to give that to someone else. That was going to Meryl Streep.”
Seems like actresses go through it, more than anyone else, but it’s not true. Here’s More on the list:
The legendary Maya Angelou: “I have written 11 books but each time I think, “Uh Oh! They are going to find out now. I’ve run a game on everybody and they are going to find me out.”
Albert Einstein, “The exaggerated esteem in which my life work is held, makes me very ill at ease. I feel compelled to think of myself as an involuntary swindler.”
We are talking about Imposter Syndrome here.
https://theskillcollective.com/blog/imposter-syndrome-perfectionist-fraud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVfG7Q9Twqk&list=PL10842720BBC66A6E
https://paulineroseclance.com/impostor_phenomenon.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_de_Montaigne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkwqZfvbdFw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqhUHyVpAwE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQUxL4Jm1Lo