Imposter Syndrome is something I've been struggling with for many years.
I've always had a sense of "how am I the person to be doing this?" + "Why are people taking me seriously?"
So here are 3 stories/lessons about imposter syndrome 👇
I've always had a sense of "how am I the person to be doing this?" + "Why are people taking me seriously?"
So here are 3 stories/lessons about imposter syndrome 👇
🎥 1. PTYA
My course, the Part-Time YouTuber Academy, was supposed to be for like 10 people. But the 1st cohort had 350+ people.
I thought I had nothing new to teach as all my systems for YouTube I'd got off the internet. In reality, everyone said the info was groundbreaking.
My course, the Part-Time YouTuber Academy, was supposed to be for like 10 people. But the 1st cohort had 350+ people.
I thought I had nothing new to teach as all my systems for YouTube I'd got off the internet. In reality, everyone said the info was groundbreaking.
🧠 Lesson: what's obvious to us can be amazing to others.
@sivers explains this idea as the curse of knowledge: once we know something, we think it's no longer interesting and that everyone must know that thing. This isn't true.
@sivers explains this idea as the curse of knowledge: once we know something, we think it's no longer interesting and that everyone must know that thing. This isn't true.
🎭 2. Hospital Pantomime
In my 5th year of uni I helped direct the hospital pantomime, which involved about 100 people. I had no experience doing this sort of stuff, so I felt really self-conscious telling people what to do.
I was constantly thinking "they all know I'm a fraud"
In my 5th year of uni I helped direct the hospital pantomime, which involved about 100 people. I had no experience doing this sort of stuff, so I felt really self-conscious telling people what to do.
I was constantly thinking "they all know I'm a fraud"
🔦 Lesson: no one is thinking about us as they're too worried about themselves
I was falling victim to the spotlight effect - a psychological phenomenon where we think there's a spotlight trained on us and other people are constantly judging us.
I was falling victim to the spotlight effect - a psychological phenomenon where we think there's a spotlight trained on us and other people are constantly judging us.
📚 3. Book
When I was first approached about writing a book, my initial thought was "absolutely not". I thought everything about productivity had been said before and nobody would listen to a random YouTuber on the internet about this kinda stuff.
When I was first approached about writing a book, my initial thought was "absolutely not". I thought everything about productivity had been said before and nobody would listen to a random YouTuber on the internet about this kinda stuff.
🧘🏼♂️ Lesson: be a guide, not a guru
A guru is someone who says "look at me, I am the expert and have all the answers". Whereas a guide is someone who says "I don't have all the answers, but we're on the same path. I'd like to help". This framing really helped.
A guru is someone who says "look at me, I am the expert and have all the answers". Whereas a guide is someone who says "I don't have all the answers, but we're on the same path. I'd like to help". This framing really helped.
🎬 If you're thinking of putting yourself out there in some way and imposter syndrome is holding you back, you might like to check out the full video on this 👉
TL;DR
What's obvious to us can be amazing to others.
No one is thinking about us as they're too worried about themselves.
Be a guide, not a guru.
What's obvious to us can be amazing to others.
No one is thinking about us as they're too worried about themselves.
Be a guide, not a guru.
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