185 - Feel Like a Fraud? Here’s How to Overcome Impostor Syndrome

The Marie Forleo Podcast

Marie Forleo

Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Impostor syndrome (i.e. feeling like a fraud) affects a whopping 70% of us, according to research. It hurts our happiness, our emotional and mental health, as well as our bank balances, careers and the impact we were born to make. In this episode, Marie Forleo provides 6 strategies to beat impostor syndrome so you can stop feeling like a fraud and start feeling genuinely confident. Shame always shrivels when you share it out loud. @MarieForleo

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0:00.0	Now if you sometimes feel like a fraud, no matter how much you accomplish or do, this episode
0:07.5	is for you.
0:08.5	Hey Marie! Hey Marie,
0:13.4	Hey Marie, can you tell me,
0:18.4	Can you tell me? Answer please.
0:20.0	Oh, baby, can you help me? Help me.
0:25.0	Help me.
0:27.0	Yeah Marie.
0:30.0	Yeah Marie. Today's question comes from Z who writes, hey Marie, I'm really struggling with
0:38.5	imposter syndrome. No matter how many people tell me I'm amazing and have really helped them.
0:44.0	No matter how much progress I make in my business in life, I still feel like it's all a fluke and I actually suck and I should give up.
0:52.0	I know that's normal. Lots of people have it, but hey, all the more reason to ask for your help. Got any tips? Thanks so much. Zee.
1:00.0	Oh, Zee, my love, yes, yes, yes, this is a great question.
1:04.5	You know, according to the International Journal of Behavioral Science, a whopping 70% of us suffer
1:10.5	from imposter syndrome, or that feeling of being a total fraud. So you're right. You are
1:16.4	normal and guess what? You're actually in very good company. In fact, here are just a few people you might have heard of who can totally relate.
1:26.0	Jennifer Lopez said, even though I had sold 70 million albums, there I was feeling like
1:32.4	I'm no good at this.
1:34.0	Jody Foster said, when I won the Oscar, I thought it was a fluke.
1:38.0	I thought everybody would find out and they'd take it back.
1:41.0	Excuse me, we meant to give that to someone else.
1:44.0	That was going to Merrill Streep.
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