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Ready 4 Pushback

Ep66: Behind the Mask: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

Ready 4 Pushback

Nik Fialka

Business, Careers, Leisure, Aviation

4.8716 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode, we’ll delve into how imposter syndrome negatively impacts your progress as a pilot. We'll also provide valuable suggestions for overcoming it, so prepare to boost your confidence for a smooth takeoff by tuning in!

 

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE 

  • Definition of surety, certainty, and confidence
  • How to increase your sense of surety and self-confidence

  • A reason pilots need to be wary of arrogance and ignorance

  • Benefits of cultivating self-awareness as a pilot

 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

There's so many different things that you need to learn and you're going to fail and that's okay.

0:10.0

Most pilots don't understand what career opportunities are available in the world of aviation.

0:16.0

They're making career decisions based on advice from friends or posts on internet forums,

0:22.3

meaning they are taking huge risks with their livelihood without having all the details.

0:27.5

This podcast was created to help you understand the aviation industry so you can find your dream job.

0:34.4

Let's get ready for pushback.

0:36.6

Here's your host and my dad, Nick Fialca. Hey, pilot, what's

0:42.4

up? It's Nick Fialca. I hope you are having an awesome day and ready for another solo episode

0:50.3

where we're going to talk about something that I think is relatively important for a lot

0:57.2

of pilots. And that's imposter syndrome, right? The idea that you are not good enough. Have you ever

1:06.9

felt uncertain or lacked confidence in your decisions or your abilities.

1:12.1

It's a common experience that it can make you feel powerless and unsure.

1:18.3

But what if I told you that cultivating a sense of surety and certainty and confidence in

1:25.2

our lives can have incredible benefits that lead to success

1:30.0

and make you have the ability to become a better pilot.

1:35.2

So today I want to talk about the importance of surety, certainty, and confidence in

1:40.1

our lives and how we can increase them and why we should avoid the temptation of arrogance and

1:48.1

ignorance. And I think that is so, so important. First, let's just define what we are talking

1:55.1

about. Let's talk about what we mean by surety, certainty, and confidence, right?

2:02.2

Sureity refers to the feeling of security and stability while certainty is the knowledge

2:09.0

that something is true or will happen. Confidence is a belief in one's ability or qualities. And so when we have all of these qualities,

2:20.8

we can make better decisions, we can communicate more effectively, we can reduce stress

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