Have you had enough of Imposter Syndrome ruling the roost? Read this
Claire Ackers
Empowering women to go from Imposters to Warrior Queens | Creator of Imposter to Impact Method | Author: Imposter Syndrome Is Killing Your Career | Adventure Leader - Rewilding Retreat | Host of Audacity podcast
Ten different examples of Imposter Syndrome I’ve seen in the past week alone:
1) Being too intimidated to shop in Harvey Nicks because she feels the shop assistants will judge her
2) Being scared to shout loud and proud about being promoted to C-suite in case people think she’s up herself
3) Contemplating getting a JOB and ‘pausing’ her company so she doesn’t have to pitch for better clients who pay on time
4) Being so riddled with shame after failing to get the promotion she interviewed for she made plans to go on holiday and leave the country rather than ask for feedback
5) Turning down a prime public speaking opportunity because she was convinced the invitation was really for somebody else
6) Let a bloke take the credit for her idea in a meeting, rather than pipe up and remind him she’d literally said that 15 minutes ago
7) Let herself be talked out of her bold brilliant business idea by her husband, rather than trust her 23 years of experience in the industry
8) Send a message on LinkedIn after a brilliant networking session, apologising for being ‘too much’ to some ace new contacts she’d met
9) Despite having a twice-over record-breaking revenue month in his business, being unable to relax and celebrate and enjoy it, and instead immediately start to panic about next month
10) Repeatedly self-sabotaging her results because she doesn’t believe she’s worthy of her success
I wish I were joking or making these up, but these are all deadly true ??
At least two of them are me - I’ll let you guess which ??
And this is every week.
Imposter Syndrome is the biggest barrier that I see to women fulfilling their potential and loving the lives they dream of.
There’s a lot of chat about whether it’s even a real thing, whether it’s just a construct of the patriarchal society in which we’re living.
I don’t think that matters. What matters is how it affects you. How it inhibits your hopes and dreams.
So, how many do you resonate with?
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That's it from me, see you next week!