In this episode, we are breaking down the 3 types of friendships and how you can develop more connected friendships as a business owner.

What is friendship? Is it based on how long you’ve known one another or other similar interests or that a certain person has been there for us through “thick and thin”? Or maybe it's based on just talking about the same old things everyone talks about — work, family, weather, and who died that we went to school with 25 years ago.

As an entrepreneur who strives to run a healthy business and be in constant growth of yourself, have you found it difficult to develop friendships that are based on more than conversations about — work problems, your kids wild antics, how someone’s spouse makes the best spaghetti on pasta night, and the occasional beer when you need to decompress?

How many of those interactions with people go deeper and more vulnerable? We need friendships where each one of us is advocating for each other's values and supporting each other in growth. These friendships; however, are hard to find and even harder to maintain.

Most people aren’t getting their needs met in their relationships. There are two primary reasons for this. One, most people don’t know what their needs are. In addition, for many people, regardless of whether or not they know what their needs are, they may not know how to communicate their needs. They also may not realize that relationships that are both mutual and reciprocal are an excellent opportunity to experience greater health and fulfillment in life in addition to getting your needs met.

Imposter syndrome has been loosely defined as, “doubting your abilities and feeling like a fraud.” 

Did you also know that this “syndrome” has its roots in perfectionism? That’s right – you may be afraid that everything you touch won’t magically be a success and therefore you don’t belong.  

Imposter syndrome can affect anyone—no matter their social status, work background, skill level, or degree of expertise. In fact, there is research that suggests this phenomenon happens in 70% of people at least once in their life, but why does this come up? 

Why do we say things to ourselves like, “Who is going to listen to what I have to say?” Or, “My current peers are going to see me differently if I start this new business.”  In this episode, we are breaking down the 5 types of imposter syndrome and how you can overcome them. 

This episode also pairs well with Episode 13: Perfection is a Low Performance Standard.