EP #84 The Imposter Syndrome: The What, The How, The Way Forward

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What is Imposter syndrome? Explaining away your accomplishments and success and doubting your abilities

1.     What are common examples of imposter syndrome?

2.     How can you assess if you have imposter syndrome Take the quiz:

Do you chalk your success up to luck, timing, or computer error?
Do you believe that if I can do it, anyone can?

Do you agonize over small flaws in your work?

 Are you crushed by even constructive criticism, seeing it as evidence of your ineptness?

When you succeed, do you feel like you fooled them again?

Do you worry that it’s a matter of time before you’re found out?

3.     What are some statements or excuses often made by people suffering from imposter syndrome? 

4.     Where does I.S. come from?

5.     Mastery vs Performance – Dweck. 

6.     What are some NLP Techniques used to Overcome Imposter Syndrome

Conflict of identities, Belief changes, trauma processes, auditory swishes for neg. Self-talk. Anchoring and resource anchoring, changing the history of a problem (anchoring),  reframing, modeling (understanding the model of success in your field,) meta programs, Foreground, background process - create a strong association between what is most important in the person’s awareness (foreground) and something that they are not attending to (background).

7. Bandura curve – 1st part, beliefs of capability; 2nd part beliefs of identity.

8. In time/ through time 

9.     recap 

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