{"id":21638,"date":"2024-08-02T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=21638"},"modified":"2024-07-30T20:08:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T12:08:10","slug":"imposter-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/imposter-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Overcome Impostor Syndrome Easily"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u201cImpostor!\u201d<\/strong> You might think this damning word belongs only in TV shows, movies, and other entertainment media, uttered in response to the revelation that a character isn\u2019t who they claim to be. You\u2019d be wrong.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/chronicle.com\/article\/You-re-Not-Fooling-Anyone\/28069\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">70 percent of us<\/a> hear it every day \u2013 from our own minds. That, ladies and gentlemen, is what is known as <strong>impostor syndrome<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to what its name may suggest, impostor syndrome is not a disease. It\u2019s <strong>a response to an inability to internalize one\u2019s own accomplishments and successes<\/strong> and is <a href=\"https:\/\/counseling.caltech.edu\/general\/InfoandResources\/Impostor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">characterized<\/a> by feelings of fakery (\u201cI\u2019m not as good as they say I am.\u201d), giving too much credit to luck (\u201cOh, that award? It was a fluke, really.\u201d), and downplaying success (\u201cWhat I accomplished isn\u2019t a big deal; others have done it before.\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s somewhat different from low self-esteem in that the person experiencing it actually <em>does<\/em> have something to be proud of but is somehow having <strong>difficulty acknowledging the fact<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Does that sound like you so far? If your answer is \u201cYes\u201d, here\u2019s what you can do to cope better with those feelings of fakery.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/habits-to-destroy-freelance-career\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: 7 Insane Habits to Kill Your Freelance Writing Career\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">7 Insane Habits to Kill Your Freelance Writing Career<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/habits-to-destroy-freelance-career.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-16448 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/habits-to-destroy-freelance-career.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">7 Insane Habits to Kill Your Freelance Writing Career<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIt takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it. I am pretty sure the...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Acknowledge That You Have It<\/h2>\n<p><strong>The idea of having any kind of \u201csyndrome\u201d (whether it\u2019s technically a disease or not) is terrifying<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Who wants to go out and tell the world, \u201cHey, I have impostor syndrome!\u201d anyway?<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/imposter-syndrome\/self-doubt.jpg\" alt=\"self doubt\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\"><\/figure>\n<p>Still, if your belief that you\u2019re a fraud is <strong>severely inhibiting your potential<\/strong> as a person, there\u2019s no denying it: You have a problem, and you need to deal with it as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<h2>Understand Why You Have It<\/h2>\n<p>It may sound strange, but impostor syndrome happens most frequently to <a href=\"https:\/\/counseling.caltech.edu\/general\/InfoandResources\/Impostor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">high-achieving individuals<\/a>. Many of these individuals <strong>grow up in an environment where there\u2019s immense pressure to excel<\/strong>, where family members are highly critical and\/or conflicted, and where appearances are everything. (Of course, there are high achievers who are also well-adjusted individuals, but that\u2019s another story altogether.)<\/p>\n<p>For example, if you had five siblings who were all valedictorians in school, and you\u2019re not, you may have always <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/ways-to-impress-your-boss\/\">felt the need to prove yourself<\/a>. Even when you graduated from school, landed a well-paying job, and became an achiever in your own right, you still think you\u2019re not good enough, because you\u2019ve <strong>internalized the idea that you\u2019ll always be inferior<\/strong> to your more \u201cnaturally talented\u201d siblings.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/imposter-syndrome\/imposter-syndrome.jpg\" alt=\"simposter syndrome\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\"><\/figure>\n<p>Once you <strong>realize and accept<\/strong> that what\u2019s holding you back are your <strong>deep-seated feelings of inadequacy<\/strong>, rather than your actual abilities (which, in all likelihood, are pretty good), that\u2019s the time you can begin to come to terms with your impostor syndrome.<\/p>\n<h2>Reframe Your Views on Success<\/h2>\n<p>Do you believe that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/top-freelance-entrepreneurs\/\">successful people<\/a> achieved what they did because they\u2019re <em>\u201cspecial\u201d<\/em> in a way that you can never be?<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re right. They\u2019re special in their own way. <strong>They\u2019re well aware of their ability to do something that no one else can do<\/strong>, and they took full advantage of that ability for their own benefit.<\/p>\n<p>Surely, you can do the same?<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/imposter-syndrome\/small-success.jpg\" alt=\"small success\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\"><\/figure>\n<p>Then again, <strong>you may be framing your success in terms of <em>their<\/em> success<\/strong>. As long as you keep doing that, you\u2019ll never feel truly accomplished. To quote Max Ehrmann\u2019s 1927 poem <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.columbia.edu\/~gongsu\/desiderata_textonly.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Desiderata<\/em><\/a>, \u201cIf you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead, <strong>take a look at where you are today vis-\u00e1-vis where you were yesterday<\/strong>. If you\u2019re one step closer to <em>your<\/em> idea of success, regardless of whether other people have already achieved what <em>you<\/em> want to achieve, that\u2019s already a success in itself. It\u2019s all a matter of keeping it up until the end.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/pre-packaged-recipes-success\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: Why Others\u2019 Success Stories May Not Work for You\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why Others\u2019 Success Stories May Not Work for You<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/pre-packaged-recipes-success.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-18026 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/pre-packaged-recipes-success.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">Why Others\u2019 Success Stories May Not Work for You<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWe all have read advice from our career heroes on how they achieved massive fame, fortune, and adoration...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Reframe Your Views on Failure<\/h2>\n<p>If you feel like even your tiniest mistakes set the wheels of the apocalypse in motion, that\u2019s another sign of impostor syndrome.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/imposter-syndrome\/get-up-from-fall.jpg\" alt=\"get up from fall\" width=\"1500\" height=\"766\"><\/figure>\n<p>Think of your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/fail-to-succeed-billionaires\/\">mistakes as stepping stones<\/a> rather than obstacles to success. <strong>Mistakes are a sign that you\u2019re trying to grow outside of your comfort zone.<\/strong> Even in the unfortunate event that you end up going several steps backward because you did something wrong, you still have the choice to get up and move forward again.<\/p>\n<p>If you decide to move forward, keep in mind that you don\u2019t need to walk the same road you did before. <strong>What\u2019s important is that you keep walking<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Don\u2019t Equate Confidence with Arrogance<\/h2>\n<p>Let\u2019s be clear on one thing: Overcoming impostor syndrome is <em>not<\/em> the same as becoming a more arrogant person.<\/p>\n<p>Arrogance and impostor syndrome are both manifestations of the same problem: <strong>A distorted view of the self<\/strong>. Arrogant people exaggerate their best qualities and deny their worst ones, whereas people with impostor syndrome do the opposite.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/imposter-syndrome\/confidence.jpg\" alt=\"confidence\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>What you want is to become a more <em>confident<\/em> person<\/strong>. Confident people have an accurate picture of both their strengths and weaknesses, aren\u2019t afraid to put both of these on display, and have respect for themselves and others.<\/p>\n<h2>Keep Going At It<\/h2>\n<p>As much as we\u2019d like to tell you that there\u2019s a way to vanquish impostor syndrome instantly and forever, the truth is: There isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re trying to unlearn beliefs that took years to embed themselves in your psyche, so <strong>it\u2019s probably going to take a while<\/strong> (read: a long time) before you finally stop calling yourself an \u201cimpostor\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Also, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/types-of-clients\/\">you\u2019ll keep encountering people<\/a> and situations that will <strong>constantly test your self-confidence<\/strong>. With all that in mind, we do hope that this post will help keep those \u201cimpostor\u201d feelings in check, and enable you to reach your full potential.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have you ever had a brush with impostor syndrome? If yes, how did you deal with it? Please do share in the comments section below.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cImpostor!\u201d You might think this damning word belongs only in TV shows, movies, and other entertainment media, uttered in response to the revelation that a character isn\u2019t who they claim to be. You\u2019d be wrong. In fact, 70 percent of us hear it every day \u2013 from our own minds. That, ladies and gentlemen, is&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3405],"tags":[2820],"topic":[4522,4521],"class_list":["entry-content","is-maxi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.8 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How To Deal with Impostor Syndrome<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;Impostor!&quot; You might think this damning word belongs only in TV shows, movies, and other entertainment media, uttered in response to the revelation that\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=21638\" \/>\n<meta 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