Episode 300: Self Sabotage & Impostor Syndrome: How to Get Out of Your Own Way

The Fizzle Show

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Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers, Freelancing, Marketing, Small Business

4.8 • 648 Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Impostor syndrome is one way entrepreneurs can completely sabotage their own business.

Starting a business can endlessly fun at first... all the possibility, hope, potential. But soon the fear starts to creep in, the self confidence starts to slip, and the inner saboteur begins to do her work.

In this episode we dive into several helpful tools for you to break out of self sabotage mode, including:

what the onset of self sabotage looks like,
how to identify when you're in self sabotage mode,
practical ways to get out of your own way before it's too late!

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0:00.0	Hello, everybody, and welcome to the Fizzle show. I am Corbitt Barr, your host for today,
0:09.3	and I feel like such an imposter sometimes doing the intro because I can't possibly try to pull off
0:15.1	what Chase does with his hello and welcome to the Fizzle show, so I just got to do it my own way.
0:20.2	But that works out well today because we're going to be talking a little bit about imposter syndrome.
0:24.3	It's sort of like the Let's Get Ready to Rumble guy, right?
0:27.2	Chase has just done that so many times that I can't possibly try to compete.
0:30.6	Plus, I'd probably have to pay commissions or royalties or something.
0:33.3	So you get what you get.
0:34.7	I'm your host today, Corbett Barr. And if you're new to the Fizzle Show, the Fizzle Show is where we talk about what it takes to earn a living independently, doing something you love. You might call that entrepreneurship. You might call it indie entrepreneurship. You might call it just being a freelancer or just hanging out a shingle. We're not big on labels here, but we are big on
0:55.4	building a business doing something that you really care about. Today's episode of The Fizzle
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2:06.8	And on to the topic today, I'm joined by Aidan Fishbein, who you guys have heard a couple of times
2:12.0	recently on episodes. Aidan say hello. Oh, hello. And we also have a very special guest today who is new to the show, Jen Reyao from
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