Imposter Syndrome No More!
Defeat Imposter Syndrome Today

Enough Is Enough

I’ve had enough of seeing amazing people not reach their full potential! Do you feel like you can make a greater impact? Yet, something stands in your way.

That’s imposter syndrome! It keeps creeping up on good people like you. Why does something that appears to be so insignificant have such a negative impact? If you’re reading this, you’re no ordinary person. You’re someone who wants to create an impact.

Most of the time, I write about copywriting, email marketing and content marketing. This blog post is different! When we address the issue with imposter syndrome, it makes everything you do easier.

If you’re an integrative health practitioner, an entrepreneur or a creative. This is for you.

You’re Always Enough

You need to know this:

• You’re always good enough.
• You’re always talented enough.
• You’re always experienced enough.

Yet, you feel ‌you could achieve more. Sometimes you get stuck when you least expect it. If this is you and you want to break through to the next level of achievement, read on.

We’ll dive deep into what’s happening and how you can have the confidence and courage to step up. You won’t need more discipline or more willpower because such an approach is tough. Why do we make things harder for ourselves? Let’s take the easier yet better path instead.

Got Imposter Syndrome?

What’s imposter syndrome?
Sometimes you doubt yourself and you feel like a fraud. It doesn’t matter about your past achievements, you still feel it. Sometimes you think ‌you don’t deserve what you have. You’re not alone. Some of the top achievers and well-known celebrities feel it too.

Imposter syndrome does not make sense but why are we affected by it?

When do you feel it?
When you’re about to do something outside your comfort zone, that’s where it comes to you! When you’re about to do something that you know will take you to the next level, it comes to you again.

Are you feeling uncomfortable?
Growth is uncomfortable and necessary! The only way to grow is for you to get out of your comfort zone. It’ll be uncomfortable for a while until you get used to it. Most people prefer to be average and they prefer to stay in their comfort zone. Since you choose to grow, kudos to you! (Average people don’t read blog posts like this, so you’re better than average.)

Do you make mistakes?
Being outside your comfort zone is something new to you and you will make mistakes. That’s how you learn to get better at what you do. Babies fall many times while learning to walk. They don’t give up! It’s human nature!

Are you looking for perfection?
Perfection is a myth. It helped no one. When you do something and others say it’s good but you think it’s not good enough. That’s perfectionism. It’s not your fault. It could be part of your culture or upbringing. Time to leave that behind. You get better over time, each version gets better. Keep going!

Imposter syndrome is subtle:
It’ll creep up on you. Recognize it and ignore it. Negative thoughts will show up and you don’t have to act on it. You can’t control the thoughts that show up but you can choose how you respond.

What can you do when imposter syndrome creeps up on you?
If you think you did well, be happy with it. Know you can do even better next time. If you think you didn’t do as well, be glad that you did it anyway. You can do better next time. Either way, you can keep improving.

“People ask, how do I get rid of imposter syndrome? I say you can’t. That’s a good thing because feeling like an imposter is a symptom that you’re not a sociopath and you’re actually doing something difficult. You’re doing something important, something that might not work, something you can’t prove because you’re leading.”

– Seth Godin, Author, Speaker

Encourage Yourself

3 simple activities to encourage yourself:

• Create a label or folder in your email for and save some positive emails in there.
• Save screenshots of nice tweets/DMs/Slack messages people have sent to you.
• Write down events that happened in your life that you’re proud of. It can be work or personal.

Save that in a journal, a document app or a note taking app. Put them in a place where you can access them with a few clicks, across different devices. Whenever you need encouragement, you know where to look.

How Imposter Syndrome Starts

It always starts with comparison. That’s how it all begins. We’re all unique individuals with different strengths. Yet, we’re always comparing apples to pineapples. Instead of comparing, we can feel inspired or grateful.

When someone is better than you:
You feel lousy and inferior. Don’t do that! Don’t judge yourself! You’re comparing their front stage to your backstage. That doesn’t help. Instead, see it as inspiration to improve.

When someone is worse than you:
You judge them for falling short. Don’t do that! Don’t judge others! They’re working on it and improving. Now you can appreciate what you have and how far you’ve come.

Social Media Makes It Worse

Most people show their best highlights on social media. When you spend too much time watching them, you might end up comparing your worst days to their best days. The more you see that, the more the algorithm will show you more of such posts. The system assumes you enjoy such content and it shows you more of it to keep you on the platform.

Avoid social media on your worst days. That’s good for your soul! The less time you spend on social media, the better it is for you. If you need to be on social media for work, limit your time. Finish your tasks and leave.

Your Success

Forget social media and what people are saying! What does success mean to you? What do you want in life? What do you want your relationships, health, career and spirituality to look like? Think about that, write it down. Don’t let society or anyone define success for you. You get to decide.

Your idea of success would look different from another person. It would be like playing different games. Different games means different rules and different outcomes. When you see it that way, that would stop all comparison.

Your Strengths

Many people would tell you to improve on your weaknesses. If you do that, you would end up with a strong weakness, which is still weak. Even if you get there, you won’t enjoy the journey.

Work on your strengths.

What if you did the opposite? Work on your strengths instead. What brings you joy? What are you passionate about? What are you good at? If you’re not as good as you want to be yet, think about what kind of strengths do you want to develop?

Your Worth

Separate your work from your worth. Some people might tell you to charge what you’re worth. That’s a bad idea! You’re too precious. No one can put a price tag on you.

You’re priceless!

Charge a price where you can have enough profits and the client can get much more value than what they paid for. You price your work, not your worth.

Focus on serving others rather than validating yourself. You’ll find more joy by doing that. When you have more joy, you can’t help but produce better work. As you know, better work attracts better clients!

Getting Started

You have no control over any outcome. However, it’s possible to increase your odds of success. You can choose your actions. Rather than using willpower, form habits with deliberate practice. Start with small and specific steps.

Confidence:
Learn what you need to learn. Practice and improve with time. When you prepare yourself, your confidence will grow.

Courage:
Now that you have some confidence, you can share your work. Start sharing with people you can trust to give you honest feedback. With feedback, you’ll improve even more.

Consistency:
This is not something you do once and it’s done. You keep on doing it. You take the next step and the next step. You’ll finish what you started.

Permission

Do you want to bring your gift to the world? Are you waiting for someone to give you permission to do what you’re passionate about? You don’t need permission to do what you’re passionate about.

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

– Howard Thurman, Author, Minister, Theologian

Your Turn

Many people, even the most capable ones, have imposter syndrome. They’ll find all kinds of reasons to disqualify themselves. For some reason, they always think that they’re never good enough.

This happens to women more than men. If your audience includes women, you must assure them of their value so that they have the courage to change. This is not a one-off effort, so we have to remind them often. When people have the courage to change, they’re more willing to take up your offer.

Now that you know how to overcome imposter syndrome, share this with someone else who needs to hear this.

Or you may have more ideas to beat imposter syndrome? If yes, write an article, record an audio or shoot a video. I would love to hear what you have to say. When you’re done, reach out to me on social media and share it with me.