{"id":4668,"date":"2021-03-08T08:11:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T08:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/?p=4668"},"modified":"2023-12-31T01:51:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T01:51:04","slug":"3-ways-to-challenge-imposter-syndrome-and-feel-confident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stl-training.co.uk\/b\/3-ways-to-challenge-imposter-syndrome-and-feel-confident\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways to Challenge Imposter Syndrome and Feel Confident"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nearly 70% of people<\/a> experience\u00a0Impostor Syndrome<\/strong>. And it is particularly common among women and people from minority populations – so how can we overcome it?<\/p>\n

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What is imposter syndrome?<\/h4>\n

\u201cThe whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts\u201d
\n<\/em>Bertrand Russell \u2013 Philosopher<\/p>\n

The term was defined by clinical psychologists Pauline Clance and Suzanne Imes in 1978, when they found that despite having adequate external evidence of accomplishments, people with imposter syndrome remained convinced that they didn\u2019t deserve the success that they had. They felt like an imposter by not being qualified and\/or capable of performing efficiently in that role.<\/p>\n

Building up self-confidence and self-esteem can help<\/a>, however the source of feeling like an imposter could come more from the way we are conditioned to think about how things are supposed to be.<\/p>\n

If you feel that you don\u2019t \u201clook like\u201d the person who should do that role, you are more likely to feel like an imposter. It is a real feeling based on shared perceptions that we have about what something or someone is \u201csupposed\u201d to look like \u2013 it can come from our early conditioning, our assumptions and our biases.<\/p>\n

Watch this TED talk to learn more about Imposter Syndrome:<\/p>\n

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What is imposter syndrome and how can you combat it? - Elizabeth Cox<\/div><\/div>
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