Impostor Syndrome - Lessons From a Motivational Speaker

Impostor Syndrome… Really?

What is Impostor Syndrome? Let’s look it up.

Imposter syndrome  is a behavioural health phenomenon described as self-doubt of intellect, skills, or accomplishments among high-achieving individuals

Really? Sounds like good old-fashioned insecurity to me

- not secure in the knowledge that you’ve done this a thousand times before and you know that it works

-not secure in the knowledge that you won’t be criticised for stepping above your station in life

-not secure in the knowledge that you won’t be ostracised for saying something at odds with popular opinion

It’s ok, high-achieving individuals are allowed to feel insecure too

If we give confusing labels and use confusing language people get confused.

Confused people don’t change.

So if we want people to change

Let’s keep it simple

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If we haven’t met yet…

I never considered myself good at change until I went from

-average shot to army sniper

-home movies to National Geographic cameraman

-fumbling card tricks to a professional magician

-never swinging a hammer to building a home

-high school dropout to published author

-business illiterate to building & selling a business

-stutterer to motivational speaker

Turns out I know how to change, I know how to make it simple, and I know how to stand on stage & make it fun so others want to do it too.

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