Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome
Flawed beliefs about success, failure, and self-worth lie at the root of the Impostor Syndrome. To overcome this debilitating mode of thinking, you need to become aware of inaccurate beliefs that you hold and realign what you believe about yourself and what you experience, observe, and do. These four steps can help:
• focus on facts
• challenge your limiting beliefs
• get clear on your strengths
• talk about it
Let’s look more closely at these actions by using a successful CEO with an enviable track record as an example. We will call him Steve.
Steve’s peers, employees, and customers see him as a smart, intuitive person and respect his views and his actions. Born and raised in Brooklyn by parents of very little ...
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