067:Imposter Syndrome: Stop Holding Yourself Back

The Intentional Advantage

Tanya Dalton

Productivity, 790708, Tanyadalton, Inkwellpress, Management, Education, Self-improvement, Business

4.6 • 605 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2018

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever felt that you didn’t deserve your achievements or earn your success? It’s common to devalue our worth and feel that we don’t fit in - this is called Imposter Syndrome. Today, I’m sharing how this ties into perfectionism and procrastination, and how it may be holding you back from living your most productive and happy life. Learn the 5 strategies you can use right away to beat Imposter Syndrome so you can move forward and appreciate your journey and accomplishments.

What’s In This Episode:

Understand what Imposter Syndrome is and how it ties into perfectionism
How good feedback from others can help you feel more secure in your accomplishments
Actionable tips for shifting your mindset and combating your negative feelings about yourself
Learn 5 quick strategies to defeat Imposter Syndrome for good

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0:00.0	Welcome to Productivity Paradox from Inkwell Press, a podcast focused on finding success and happiness through the power of productivity.
0:09.2	Each season, Tanya focuses on specific strategies to help you discover your own priorities and purpose.
0:14.6	Season 6 is all about turning your stumbling blocks into starting blocks.
0:19.0	You can also join Tanya for more interaction and support in her
0:21.9	free Facebook group at Incwellpress.com slash group. And now here's your host, Tanya Dalton.
0:29.1	Hello, hello, everyone. Welcome to Productivity Paradox. I'm your host, Tanya Dalton, owner of
0:35.3	Enquale Press, and this is episode 67. Today's episode is brought to you
0:40.6	by the academic year planners from Inkwell Press, and I'll be sharing more about that later on in the
0:46.1	episode. This season is all about turning our stumbling blocks into our starting blocks. And last week,
0:53.1	we started this season off with talking about perfectionism.
0:57.0	And I want to continue that conversation in a way with today's topic, which is all about
1:02.5	imposter syndrome. Do you know what I mean when I talk about imposter syndrome? It's that feeling
1:08.7	that you don't really deserve the approval or the achievements you've received,
1:13.5	that you're really a fraud and you worry that if you let your guard down, others will realize it.
1:19.8	Let me ask you this.
1:21.1	Do you feel like people around you have succeeded largely due to their talents and dedication
1:26.3	while you've gotten to where you are
1:28.6	thanks to luck and putting in extra effort to compensate for true giftedness. If the answer is yes,
1:35.7	you might be suffering from imposter syndrome. It's something that so many people deal with.
1:41.7	Much like the perfectionist tendencies we talked about last week, you're working
1:45.7	scared. Scared that one day you'll be exposed and everyone around you will realize you don't
1:52.3	really belong. Feeling like the accomplishments and accolades you received were just that.
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