Sorry But Impostor Syndrome is Not Your "Super Power" with Valerie Young

Entrepreneurs on Fire

John Lee Dumas

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🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Valerie Young is the leading global thought leader on impostor syndrome, she has spoken to hundreds of organizations, including Google, Pfizer, Coinbase, JP Morgan, Harvard, NASA, and the NBA. Her book is in 8 languages.

Top 3 Value Bombs

1. Impostor syndrome is not your superpower.

2. The best of entrepreneurial thinking is also humble realistics thinking. To be a successful entrepreneur, you need to seek out information and constructive feedback that is going to make you continue to get better.

3. This is not all about you. Everybody loses when bright , talented and capable people plays small.

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0:00.0	Who's ready to rock today, Fire Nation. JLD here and welcome to Entrepreneurs on Fire,
0:07.1	the only daily show interviewing the world's top entrepreneurs seven days a week.
0:10.7	Today we'll be talking about how the Imposture Syndrome is not your superpower.
0:14.5	To drop these valley bombs, I have brought Valerie Young into EO Fire Studios,
0:17.9	the leading global thought leader on Imposture Syndrome.
0:20.4	She has spoken to hundreds of organizations, including Google, Pfizer,
0:23.7	coin base, JPMorgan, Harvard, NASA, and the NBA.
0:26.6	Her book is in eight languages.
0:28.4	And today we will be talking about the imposter syndrome, how Valerie got interested in this topic,
0:33.2	how Barbara Corcoran and Seth Godin disagree with her, and oh, so much more.
0:36.8	And a big thing
0:37.5	for sponsoring today's episode goes to Valerie and our sponsors. If you've ever considered
0:42.5	launching a show on YouTube, I may have the solution for you after launching a very successful
0:47.7	show on YouTube in 2024 micro strategy today. I've learned a lot on what it takes to create a successful
0:53.4	show and have launched a one-on-one mentorship program called YouTube 100. If you want to jump on a call and learn more
0:59.5	about this program, shoot me an email, John at Eofire.com. This is the year of YouTube. Let's go.
1:08.2	Valerie, say what's up to Fire Nation and sure something that you believe about becoming successful
1:13.9	that most people disagree with. I would say, John, especially related to imposter syndrome,
1:21.7	there is this new narrative out in the entrepreneurial world that says imposter syndrome is a good thing. It's a badge of honor and it is
1:30.6	our superpower. And I completely disagree with that train of thought. Fire Nation, I'm sorry,
1:37.3	but imposter syndrome is not your superpower. And we'll be talking all about that today with Dr.
1:46.2	Valerie Young. So let's just get into the core, the thesis, the theme of today's interview with what exactly is
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