What is going on everybody? Welcome back to the Mind Over Macrows podcast as always. I am your

host Mike Milner in today's episode of the Coaches Compass. We're going to be talking all about imposter syndrome. Most

recommended topic from coaches, which is not surprising. We all deal with it. I'm going to tell you how to handle it, how to overcome it, actually.

It's not, you don't overcome imposter syndrome, you just learn to live with it. There are many things in life that we just have to learn to navigate and live with and oftentimes you hear people say like overcome. an example you don't overcome fear it's not like

fear ever goes away you just develop the ability to take action with fear.

It's not really overcoming it, it's becoming

really friendly and familiar with it.

And then recognizing that you can still do things in the face of fear.

Similarly, we had a conversation on our coaches chat about comparison because one of our clients was really

struggling with falling into the comparison trap like that was her biggest

sticking point for making progress was that she kept comparing herself to other people.

And so many people on Instagram and you see all these quotes about comparison is the

thief of joy and you know only compare yourself to yourself and they are all

accurate and and well intentioned, but comparison is a natural part of our DNA.

It is wired into our brains.

And so oftentimes when you try to resist something, it persists. It's like the

ironic rebound effect is a psychology concept where the more you try to push something away the more that it comes back with a vengeance

and it makes it even more difficult to handle that thing that you're trying to suppress or push away.

So when you try to resist the comparison game, it often persists.

The real solution is to learn and have a framework and have a

a process and the tools to navigate

comparison.

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