TRL010 - Fighting Impostor Feelings (Part 3: Is it you or them?)

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Over the last two weeks, we have outlined the 5 styles of impostor feelings and considered the origins of impostor feelings, focusing on how knowing all of this information can help us fight back against these feelings. We are finishing up the series (for now) by examining situations when your impostor feelings could be indicators that something is wrong in your 'system' (job, major, degree program, etc.), and not something wrong with you (although, of course, you do have to do something about the situation)!

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• You love to learn and are currently trying to learn something (start a new career/major/school/degree/class) but you're feeling fearful/stuck/unclear about how to proceed.
• You lack clarity about your desires, goals, purpose and don't know where to begin to figure it all out.
  
• You feel that your education did NOT prepare you to be successful in the 'real world' and want to do something about it now.
• You have impostor feelings and self-doubt is eating you alive and limiting your professional opportunities.
  
• You were a high achiever in K-12 and labeled as having 'a lot of potential', yet find yourself stuck and dissatisfied with your education and/or career.
  
• You were very good at following paths created for you by authority figures, but feel incapable of creating your own 'life syllabus'.
  

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Resources for the Impostor Feelings Series:

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01289/full

https://www.apa.org/gradpsych/2013/11/fraud

https://hbr.org/2021/02/stop-telling-women-they-have-imposter-syndrome

https://www.mgma.com/resources/human-resources/feeling-like-an-impostor

https://www.byrdseed.com/dunning-kruger/ (opposite of impostor syndrome)

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.575024/full social contexts of impostor syndrome
https://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2020/its-not-imposter-syndrome/

https://brenebrown.com/podcast/imposter-syndrome/
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/between-us/201906/its-not-you-its-them

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