EP114 Seven ways teachers can push past imposter syndrome
Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers
Angela Watson
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🗓️ 12 November 2017
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever felt like an imposter? Or the feelings that you have no idea what you're doing as a teacher or that you're not capable of doing everything that needs to be done?
If you can relate to any of those feelings, you might be dealing with a phenomenon that's commonly known as Imposter Syndrome. It's that feeling of being a fraud, an almost panic-inducing sense that at any moment, other people are going to figure out you have absolutely no idea what you're doing and have no business being given the level of responsibility you have. This is a real thing, and it can be paralyzing.
On today's episode, listen in as I share some strategies from personal experience that help with countering Imposter Syndrome and managing the self-doubt. I've chosen seven specific things that have been helpful for me over the years, and I hope they'll be helpful for you, too.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 114 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers. I'm your host |
| 0:05.8 | Angela Watson and I'm here to speak life, encouragement, and truth into the minds and |
| 0:11.9 | hearts of educators and get you energized for the week ahead. |
| 0:16.2 | Today I'm sharing seven ways teachers can push past self-doubt and imposter syndrome. |
| 0:23.0 | Visit Truth for Teachers.com to get a transcript of this episode |
| 0:26.8 | or to share your thoughts in the comments. |
| 0:30.6 | See if you can relate to any of these statements. |
| 0:34.0 | I have no idea what I'm doing as a teacher. |
| 0:38.0 | My principal was crazy to hire me for this position. |
| 0:40.0 | I'm clearly not experienced enough. I'm not knowledgeable enough about the subject area |
| 0:45.7 | to be teaching it. I'm just not capable of doing everything that needs to be done as a teacher. I don't know why other people say I'm such a |
| 0:54.5 | good teacher. I really don't deserve the compliment and I haven't done a very good |
| 0:58.5 | job. If you can relate to any of those statements, you might be dealing with a phenomenon that's commonly known as imposter syndrome. |
| 1:08.0 | It's that feeling of being a fraud, an almost panic-inducing sense that at any moment other people are going to |
| 1:15.0 | figure out that you have absolutely no idea what you're doing and you have no |
| 1:20.0 | business being given the level of responsibility that you have. This is a real thing and it can be |
| 1:26.0 | paralyzing. If you struggle with imposter syndrome you may find that it's gotten worse in recent |
| 1:32.1 | years because of social media |
| 1:34.1 | where we see or we think we're seeing what other people's lives are like |
| 1:39.0 | and we inadvertently begin comparing ourselves to them. We wonder how come my home doesn't look like that? How |
| 1:46.5 | come my classroom doesn't look like that? How come my family and my students don't act like that? |
| 1:53.0 | Everyone else is being a responsible grown-up and I'm over here struggling with basic |
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