Well it’s that time of the year again where we sit back and reflect on the year that was. We look at the things that have worked, and those things that no longer serve us. This is such a great task to undertake, allowing you to learn the lessons from the previous year and leave behind anything that’s not working. For me, the end of 2016 signifies the end of limiting beliefs.One of the biggest things that I am trying to be positive and encourage myself with is around facing imposter syndrome. I touched on this recently in episode 12 and was blown away by the number of people who reached out and shared their feelings of experiencing the same.
So in 2016, I pledge to leave the imposter syndrome behind! I will move into 2017 with purpose and the belief in myself that I CAN do this! If you’d like to kick imposter syndrome to the curb in 2017, check out my tips on how to make it happen.
I have been in marketing for 20 years and in the communication field for even longer and yet it’s taken me 2 years, 2 YEARS, to get out of my own way and create this podcast. I was struggling from a serious case of imposter syndrome.
The trick I found, to moving through the doubt and insecurity was two fold.
Surround yourself with people who believe in you.
This was definitely a catalyst for me in getting this podcast off the ground. Finding people who were capable of executing my vision into reality and also people who believed in me when I perhaps didn’t, were paramount to getting the Be The Drop Podcast off the ground.
Just take one step…
In my experience it’s the first step thats the hardest, it’s the one that it weighed down with so much doubt and fear that it can take a very long time to land. I found, however, that the second step was much easier, as too was the third and fourth. The lesson here is that after the first has been taken, it sets things into motion and things start to roll out as they should. Be brave, or find people who help you be brave, and take that first step.
Persistance beats resistance.
What was stopping me from taking that first step you ask, great question. The resistance was completely internal. Questions like ‘Can I?’, ‘Do I have the skills?’, ‘Am I qualified enough to have an opinion?’ were a buzz through my mind before kicking this podcast off.
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The desire to being all things to all people is setting yourself up to fail. I was afraid of what people would think and the idea of getting negative feedback kept me small and playing it safe for too long. Until I realised this. There are people out there who need to hear what I have to say, and there are people who it won’t resonate with. That is completely fine, those people aren’t the ones I’m doing this for, they aren’t my real community. So, onwards and upwards to serving my real, invested community one podcast at a time.
The best thing to realise here, is that you’re not alone in feeling this imposter syndrome. The exact people who your most afraid of having an opinion may very well be battling the same thoughts. Free yourself, free your thoughts and your work, and set it free. It all starts from one step…