{"id":3062,"date":"2019-07-24T09:39:53","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T01:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/?p=3062"},"modified":"2019-07-24T09:39:53","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T01:39:53","slug":"how-to-overcome-impostor-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/how-to-overcome-impostor-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"How to overcome impostor syndrome?"},"content":{"rendered":"

These are ten strategies that I excerpt from Impostor Syndrome website.\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Break the silence<\/strong>. Shame keeps a lot of people from \u201cfessing up\u201d about their fraudulent feelings. Knowing there\u2019s a name for these feelings and that you are not alone can be tremendously freeing.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Separate feelings from fact<\/strong>. There are times you\u2019ll feel stupid. It happens to everyone from time to time. Realize that just because you may feel stupid, doesn\u2019t mean you are.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Recognize when you should feel fraudulent<\/strong>. If you\u2019re one of the first or the few women or a minority in your field or work place, it\u2019s only natural you\u2019d sometimes feel like you don\u2019t totally fit in. Instead of taking your self-doubt as a sign of your ineptness, recognize that it might be a normal response to being an outsider.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Accentuate the positive<\/strong>. Perfectionism can indicate a healthy drive to excel. The trick is to not obsess over everything being just so. Do a great job when it matters most, without persevering over routine tasks. Forgive yourself when the inevitable mistake happens.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Develop a new response to failure and mistake making<\/strong>. Henry Ford once said, \u201cFailure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.\u201d Instead of beating yourself up for being human and blowing the big project, do what professional athletes do and glean the learning value from the mistake and move on.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Right the rules<\/strong>. If you\u2019ve been operating under misguided rules like, \u201cI should always know the answer,\u201d or \u201cNever ask for help\u201d start asserting your rights. Recognize that you have just as much right as the next person to be wrong, have an off-day, or ask for assistance.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Develop a new script<\/strong>. Your script is that automatic mental tapes that starts playing in situations that trigger your Impostor feelings.\u00a0When you start a new job or project instead of thinking for example, \u201cWait till they find out I have no idea what I\u2019m doing,\u201d try thinking, \u201cEveryone who starts something new feels off-base in the beginning. I may not know all the answers but I\u2019m smart enough to find them out.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Visualize success<\/strong>. Do what professional athletes do. Spend time beforehand picturing yourself making a successful presentation or calmly posing your question in class. It sure beats picturing impending disaster and will help with performance-related stress.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. Reward yourself<\/strong>. Break the cycle of continually seeking \u00b0\u00a9 and then dismissing \u00b0\u00a9 validation outside of yourself by learning to pat yourself on the back.<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. Fake it \u2018til you make it<\/strong>. Now and then we all have to fly by the seat of our pants. Instead of considering \u201cwinging it\u201d as proof of your ineptness, learn to do what many high achievers do and view it as a skill. The point of the worn out phrase, fake it til you make it, still stands: Don\u2019t wait until you feel confident to start putting yourself out there. Courage comes from taking risks. Change your behavior first and allow your confidence to build.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    These are ten strategies that I excerpt from Impostor Syndrome website.\u00a0\u00a0 Break the silence. Shame keeps a lot of people from \u201cfessing up\u201d about their fraudulent feelings. Knowing there\u2019s a name for these feelings and that you are not alone can be tremendously freeing.\u00a0 Separate feelings from fact. There are times you\u2019ll feel stupid. It … Continue reading How to overcome impostor syndrome?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":851,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","category-random-rambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3062"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3063,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3062\/revisions\/3063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}