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Imposter Syndrome

Will I meet my future surprised that I got there, or will I be walking into a reality I have already experienced in my mind?

Olubunmi

• 2 min read
Imposter Syndrome

๐˜๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐ˆ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Š๐ข๐ซ๐š, ๐š ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก-๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

Despite their achievement, Kira felt like a fraud and undeserving of the opportunity.

If you missed the story, I encourage you to read it here.

Now let's talk about imposter syndrome.

Imposter syndrome is a psychological pattern in which an individual doubts their skills, talents, or accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a "fraud".

Sadly, research shows that women are more susceptible to this feeling.

According to the 2020 KPMG survey of 700+ high-performing, high-potential SVP-level women from Fortune 1000 companies, 75% reported that they had personally experienced imposter syndrome at certain points in their careers.

The survey uncovered a startling reality: ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด. ๐Ÿ˜ฒ

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ ๐š๐ฌ๐ค ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ: ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ˆ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž, ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ˆ ๐›๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ˆ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐? ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐, ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ˆ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž?

I think of Elon Musk in this instance, trying to get us all to the moon. If and when this becomes a reality, I am sure it won't come as a surprise to him, because Elon has already lived on the moon in his mind, even before physically getting us there.

Today I hope you design your bedazzled life and place a picture of your desired future right before your eyes using the power of subconscious envisioning.

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