465: The Cure for Impostor Syndrome: How to Feel Less Like a Fraud and Appreciate Your Successes with Dr. Valerie Young
How to Be Awesome at Your Job
How to be Awesome at Your Job
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🗓️ 17 July 2019
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Valerie Young sheds light on the impostor syndrome and shows the healthy way out.
— YOU'LL LEARN —
1) Just how prevalent impostor syndrome is.
2) The 5 impostor syndrome archetypes.
3) How to strategically shift your thinking from impostor to non-impostor.
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— ABOUT VALERIE —
Dr. Valerie Young is an internationally-known expert on impostor syndrome and author of award-winning book The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: Why Capable People Suffer from the Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It (Crown Business/Random House), now available in five languages.
• Valerie’s Book: The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: Why Capable People Suffer from the Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It
• Valerie’s TED Talk: Thinking your way out of impostor syndrome
• Valerie’s Website: ImpostorSyndrome.com
— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Researcher: Dr. Gail Matthews
• Term: Dunning-Krueger Effect
• Term: Impostor Syndrome
• Study: Dr. Pauline Rose Clance on Impostor Syndrome
• Book: “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success” by Carol Dweck
• Prior episode: 317:How to Form Habits the Smart Way with BJ Fogg, PhD
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast, |
| 0:04.0 | the show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills |
| 0:08.0 | required to flourish at work. |
| 0:10.0 | Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money. |
| 0:14.0 | With your host, Pete McKitis. |
| 0:19.0 | Hello and thanks for joining us here for episode 465 with Dr. Valerie Young. |
| 0:24.0 | I think you'll love this conversation because I read many a comment on the surveys. |
| 0:29.2 | Thanks again for filling those out about feeling imposter syndrome. |
| 0:33.7 | So we found the foremost expert on the topic to address it. |
| 0:37.4 | So you'll learn one, just how prevalent imposter syndrome is, two, the five imposter |
| 0:42.2 | syndrome archetypes, and three, how to strategic. 2. The 5 Imposter Syndrome Artypes |
| 0:43.4 | and 3. How to strategically shift your thinking |
| 0:46.2 | from imposter to non-imoster. |
| 0:48.4 | So if you want to check out the show notes or the transcript |
| 0:50.4 | or the links to items we've referenced, |
| 0:51.6 | it's at awesome at your job. |
| 0:52.8 | dot com slash F-465. |
| 0:55.3 | Here's her full story. |
| 0:56.5 | Dr. Valerie Young is an internationally known expert on foster syndrome. |
| 0:59.9 | Her career-related tips have been cited in dozens of popular and business publications |
| 1:03.7 | and media outlets around the world. |
| 1:05.6 | A former manager of Strategic Marketing at a Fortune 200 company herself, Valerie has shared |
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