Imposter Syndrome – What it is and how to kick it

The CEO Teacher Podcast

Kayse Morris

Business, Marketing

5.0 • 734 Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

What is imposter syndrome?

For anyone who has ever felt like this before, here is an imposter syndrome definition: Imposter syndrome is a collection of feelings of inadequacy that persist despite evident success. 'Imposters' suffer from chronic self-doubt and a sense of intellectual fraudulence that override any feelings of success or external proof of their competence. Yes, unfortunately, imposter syndrome is real. And yes, fortunately, something can be done! Truthfully, we all – myself included – struggle with this at some point in our journey, friend. So while your personal imposter symptoms may take many shapes or forms, to walk a path to your limitless success, we need to look it squarely in the face. That's what we're going to do on today's episode.

Kicking it to the curb: how to overcome imposter syndrome once and for all

Here's a list of questions that may indicate that you're dealing with imposter syndrome:

Are you certified in middle school but want to share resources for another age group?
Are you a first year teacher but still feel like you could create programs or services to sell?
Are you ready to retire but still feel like you could bring something vital to the education table?
Do you want to leave the profession but feel like making money from your teaching experience is in the cards?

If you answered yes to any of the above or if you relate to any of the above, you might be dealing with imposter syndrome. So on today's episode, I'm going to lay out the action steps you need to kick imposter syndrome to the curb. Before I do, however, here's a quote from the queen of writing, AKA Shonda Rhimes: "I am not lucky. You know what I am? I am smart, I am talented, I take advantage of the opportunities that come my way and I work really, really hard. Don't call me lucky. Call me a bad*ss." Woohoo! I couldn't agree more. Are you ready to become one, too? Start by listening to this episode…

In this episode, you will learn:

What imposter syndrome is
Imposter syndrome quotes to help you ward off feelings of unworthiness
How to overcome it
Why imposter syndrome exists
Why you may have feelings of imposter syndrome in the first place

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0:00.0	Hello, friends. Welcome back to another episode of the CEO Teager podcast. I feel like every episode
0:06.6	I started now going, thank you, thank you, thank you, but just a quick reminder. I love you guys.
0:11.3	So grateful for you. Thank you for helping me live the life of my dreams. But it wasn't all that long
0:15.2	ago when I thought I wasn't worthy of this life. And you may be in that situation right now.
0:20.7	We get this question
0:22.0	so much that we decided to write today's episode all on something totally different than
0:27.9	what we had thought before all aboard the CEO teacher train coming by because we know how
0:32.4	important it is to our community. So what is imposter syndrome and how can I kick it? How am I feeling like this
0:39.6	so much? And what are the next steps? Well, imposter syndrome is defined as a collection of feelings
0:45.1	of inadequacy that persist despite evident success. Impostors suffer from chronic self-doubt
0:52.7	and a sense of intellectual fraudulence that override
0:56.4	any feelings of success or external proof of their competence. Are you a certified middle school
1:02.3	teacher and maybe you want to share your resources with another age group but don't feel like
1:06.4	you're worthy enough? Are you a first year teacher but you feel like you don't have enough
1:10.5	experience to create programs and services to sell? Are you a first-year teacher, but you feel like you don't have enough experience to
1:11.6	create programs and services to sell? Are you ready to retire, but then you feel like you don't
1:16.6	have anything that's up to date? Everything that you have is from the olden days? Or do you want to
1:21.7	leave the profession to become a stay-at-home mom, but feel like making money from your teaching
1:26.3	experience is no longer in the cards
1:28.6	because you aren't a teacher anymore. Here's a question from one of our CEO teachers inside of our
1:33.9	communities that resonated with a lot of our students, myself included, and it is the backbone for
1:39.4	today's episode. She said, help, I feel like an imposter. I quit my teaching job this year to
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