HOW TO BEAT THE IMPOSTER
SYNDROME AND THAT SHIT
FOREVER
HOW TO BEAT THE IMPOSTER SYNDROME AND THAT SHIT FOREVER
That little voice in your head…
It can be such a shithead. No offenses meant with the language, but you know what I’m talking about.
IT’S BEEN APTLY CALLED THE IMPOSTER SYNDROME.
It’s the fight or flight mechanism, do you run from the little voice and let it win or do you tell it “thank you for sharing” and keep going. It’s also known as discredit, when you achieve a goal, or goals, and you don’t give yourself the due credit for them.
By my guess it’s the number one reason people fail. Well, at least listening to it is.
Everybody, at some point in their life, has to deal with doubt, fear or worry. But it’s how we choose to listen to this little voice that really dictates the quality of our life.
You could also tell it to shut up but since it’s a part of you, that’s not always the best route.
It’s better to listen to that little voice like it’s a child throwing a temper tantrum.
Just let it do its own thing without judgment or worry because you know it will wear itself out and take a rest soon.
In time with enough success you’re little voice will start to support you and your actions.
Confidence is a funny thing; we may be extremely confident one moment and the next day, feel helpless.
That’s because life is cyclical and everything comes and goes.
It’s strange, but the creator made us that way for a reason I guess. Our entire life is like that and if we understand that everything is a phase and will pass, then it’s much easier to detach from the imposter syndrome and accomplish our goals.
The first piece of advice I can say is to meditate and stay busy. Staying busy with exercise, study and work is the best way to avoid the little voice altogether.
Because the key is to always be one step ahead of it, the imposter syndrome can’t keep up when you have a ton of stuff going on.
And remember that confidence comes with practice and success, it’s good to be confident at all times, but not to the point where it makes you do dumb things.
It’s much better to have a generalized sense of confidence in your abilities to learn new things and succeed at anything as long as you stay committed.
It’s also important to remember that the imposter syndrome isn’t really you, it’s past conditioning from school, parents, work and media.
The real you is tough.
The real you is committed.
And the real you can do anything.
It’s that simple, for whatever reason, people have been taught to look at their limitations and failureswhen they should be taught to look at their strengths and successes.
If you look back at your past, I’m sure you have countless success in your life. Learn how to bridge the confidence in one success to a current challenge and you become unstoppable.
It’s a type of state control known as anchoring. In case you don’t know what state is, it’s how you feel at any given moment. Right now you’re reading this so you’re probably in a state of being engaged.
If you’re watching TV though, you’re probably in a more hypnotic, trance like state where you’re just clicking buttons without thinking about it.
And when you accomplish a goal or get a reward you’re typically in a state of enthusiasm, confidence and achievement.
You can anchor that feeling of achievement by doing something during the state like pressing two of your fingers together.
And then anytime you press your fingers together you can recall that state of achievement, certainty and belief in your abilities.
Just think about it for a minute.
Imagine one of your accomplishments in life. Maybe a time you got a reward for something, a raise at work or a new job. Maybe when your kid was born or when you graduated from college.
It could be something as simple as getting done with an intense exercise or even beating someone at a video game.
Whatever the situation is doesn’t matter. But if you imagine one of your own accomplishments for a second in vivid details you can recall the state.
Imagine how you felt, what did you see, who was talking and what other sounds where there?
Keep imagining strong enough and you’ll get recall the state. You can do this at any time and you can make it happen faster if you stimulate yourself physically by doing something like pressing your two fingers together or pressing on your shoulder.
This is a great tip for overcoming the imposter syndrome and helping you bridge confidence from one area of your life to another area.
When you can learn to control your state then you control your emotions and when you can do that you can control your life.
Its funny how many people think that life is controlled by someone else when the reality is, everyone is entirely in control of their own life.
And that’s the last tip I want to give you to overcome the dreaded imposter syndrome.
Take responsibility for your life, the successes and the failures. Then you’ll see that little voice has no power and doesn’t affect you anymore.
Once again you’ll get thoughts of courage and belief, certainty and power. All you have to do then is listening to your heart and your heart can help you get anything you want in life.
It’s spirit.
You know the other voice, the good voice that says things like you can do this, you go this and you’re amazing.
That’s the voice you want to pay attention to, the one that supports you and makes you feel confident and energized. Apply these three steps and you can achieve anything.
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