Name: Do you have imposter syndrome? Here are some simple tips to help | BBC Ideas
Uploaded: 2020-03-16T12:54:51.000Z
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I describe impostor syndrome as having three elements to it.

The first is the belief that other people have an inflated view

a far more inflated view than you have of yourself.

The second factor is that you have this intense fear

that you'll be found out and exposed as a fake.

is that you constantly attribute your success, that you do recognise,

to other factors outside of your own abilities or talent.

Impostor syndrome can feel like a dissonance or a disconnect.

But if you have it a lot and you're constantly feeling that way,

then the disconnect between what you see as yourself

and you feel fake and you feel an impostor.

Impostor syndrome is something that affects so many of us

that actually to call it a syndrome is probably a little bit inaccurate,

because that suggests it's kind of a mental health condition

or there's something wrong with us. But when it's 70% of us,

it's probably more likely to be something

You can't have impostor syndrome without being successful.

You've got people like Tom Hanks who you'd think,

well they've made it, they must be confident in their abilities.

"No matter who we are, no matter what we've done,

there comes a point where you think, 'How did I get here

and am I going to be able to continue this?

When are they going to discover that I am in fact a fraud,

I think a little bit of self-doubt is very good for self-development.

The impostor syndrome people are the ones double-checking their work,

working really hard, trying to get everything right,

never satisfied, always looking for more training opportunities

And those are all potentially good things.

There are a number of factors from childhood

that may contribute to impostor syndrome.

that's a very, very difficult premise to live up to,

and that can help make you feel an impostor,

then you're not the golden child that they think you are.

The term impostor syndrome was first coined in 1978

Impostor Phenomenon in High Achieving Women.

So it was originally something that was thought to only affect women.

When we talk about impostor syndrome in the workplace,

I see that as the same for men and women,

but I do see a lot of men who don't think they're man enough.

Social media has a huge role to play in impostor syndrome.

We can see everybody else's successful lives.

The more we present our best self to the world,

the more other people will develop impostor syndrome

because they're never going to measure up.

I've had people who have wanted to give up their high-flying jobs

because they fear so much being found out,

and hand in their notice - even though objectively they're not fake

If you think that you're suffering from impostor syndrome,

actually look objectively at your successes.

Write down the things that you are successful at

Assign percentage scores to how much you think that factor

You can mistakenly attribute all of it to luck,

and it makes you stop and acknowledge your successes.

Impostors feel that they can't accept anything that's less than perfect.

Learn to make mistakes and to accept failure.

You don't have to be brilliant all the time.

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