Do you ever feel like you’re in over your head or that you’re not good enough?
That’s imposter syndrome creeping up on you. And we all experience (some to a higher degree than others).
It’s easy to fall into pits of self-doubt and self-criticism when all the world shows you are the fruits of other’s successes. We all start as students who have no idea what to do, but it’s important to remember that as much as you learn in a lifetime of experience, you will always be learning. There’s no problem with saying “I don’t know!”
In this episode, we tackle what imposter syndrome feels like and how to overcome it so that you can work towards performing as your best self.
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Episode Highlights:
- Dustin discusses why he feels like an imposter, even on this podcast
- People might look to you for guidance and you feel like you have no business leading others
- Motivation has to come from both the inside and the outside
- Imposter syndrome runs as high up as CEOs of billion-dollar companies
- The two forms of resistance that you are dealing with that are coming from within
- Every salesperson that is walking this earth has dealt with imposter syndrome
- Your internal monologue can legitimately call out things that you are doing wrong
- At some point, life is going to tell you whether you have the right values or not
- Many aspects of life would be better and more efficient if people knew how to say “I don’t know”
- Insecurities cause people to fear putting themselves out there
- How a “mask” can help liberate people to be themselves
- Imposter syndrome is part of being human
- People are afraid of being judged, so they prefer not to talk about how they feel
- Separate between being an imposter and being a student
- Becoming competent at anything in life means that you will have to go through times of being uncomfortable and not knowing the answer
- The differences between students and teachers
- Keeping that student mentality will keep you moving forward for your entire career while remaining humble
- Opportunities shift as your amount of experience changes
- Educate yourself a little more every day and eventually, you will be a teacher to someone
- The more you are willing to fail, the more likely it is that you will become a teacher
- If you are constantly worrying about how or why someone is doing something better than you, then you will cripple yourself
- It’s up to each individual to figure out the process that will work for them by failing over and over
- People have their own defense mechanisms that they project outward when they feel like an imposter on the inside
- You will always feel insecure if you are willing to trade good money for an unhealthy life at home
- High-producing people are not afraid to have these uncomfortable conversations
3 Key Points
- People oftentimes feel like they are imposters, even though what they are saying is very valuable and true information that can help others.
- You have to be able to distinguish between your separate internal monologues. One voice will be filling you with self-doubt and criticism while the other will point out when you are actually making mistakes.
- No one is exempt from imposter syndrome because it is just part of being human. Even celebrities have a hard time being vulnerable, and you see that reflected in celebrity suicide.
Tweetable Quotes:
- “I think you can motivate people up to a certain extent, but at some point, they have to see it through.” – Ricardo Bueno
- “If imposter syndrome wasn’t a real thing then the self-help industry wouldn’t exist.” – Scott Schang
- “Some people can be overconfident, but how many times have you seen celebrity suicides?… They got consumed by imposter syndrome.” – Scott Schang
- “Sales is rarely a hindsight kind of thing. You rarely make sales by looking back. You have to make sales by looking ahead.” Dustin Steeve
- “I think the best teachers teach by example. I think that people who tell you what to do are not teachers; they are tellers.” – Scott Schang
- “All you have to do is be two days ahead of the next person because that guy has no idea what he is doing.” – Ricardo Bueno
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Resources Mentioned:
- The Marketing Trench – Facebook Group
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- Real Disrupt Collective – Sister Podcast
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