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Impostor syndrome, have you heard about it? Maybe you are one of the estimated 70% of women who are effected by it?
Impostor syndrome is a psychological pattern in which an individual doubts their accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a “fraud”.
Sound familiar?
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If I could eliminate self-doubt by bottling up confidence and sell it I would be dishing it out during every one of my 121 coaching sessions because every single one of my clients, whatever their reason for working with me, struggle with self-doubt.
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How do I overcome my fears? It’s something I am asked as a coach time and time again. Imagine if you were more afraid of what life would be like if you didn’t follow through on something. If you didn’t take action. If you didn’t make your dream a reality?
This mindset is the difference between successful and unsuccessful people. Fear isn’t a bad thing, fear isn’t something that you need to avoid.
Successful people fear missing out, they fear the cost of not doing something. They fear not taking the risk, both in business and their personal life. Successful people are excited by fear, because fear means progress.
Learning to eliminate self doubt is something that i am so passionate about. This month, I’ve been writing about all things relationships. Romantic ones, work related and the relationship you have with yourself.
This week I want to write about the relationship you have with your mind because I think this is one of the most abused (and allowed) relationships
Let’s think about it for a moment. You meet up with a friend for coffee, she greets you by telling you how much weight you’ve put on since you last met, how that jumper looks like an old bin bag on you oh and blue really isn’t your colour.
Over a brownie, You tell her about a new opportunity you are thinking about going for and she shuts you down with a “blimey, you don’t have the right experience for that and you are way too old, don’t even think about it. You would never get it anyway, not with a face like yours, I’d stop with these thoughts because you really do sound like an idiot.
You arrive home feeling like the total loser that you are and you’ve put your dreams in the bin where they belong!
Oh great, there’s even an awareness day to mark just how low my self-esteem is.. Blue Monday is described as the most depressing day of the year. It’s based on a combination of;
Are you a perfectionist? “I don’t have time to think about myself or take care of my own needs. Everyone else comes first; my kids, my husband, work…even the dog comes before me! I have to keep all the plates spinning; I have to be an amazing mother and wife and be successful at work…I just need to work out how to be perfect”
Dating (gulp…. I’d rather stick needles in my eyes)
This was the response one of my clients had when we spoke about the prospect of dating.
As it’s Halloween this month, I’ve been thinking about the topics that generate the most fear for my coaching clients.
Dating is always in the top 5!
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Fear, that wretched feeling when you are about to do something that scares the living day lights out of you. Years ago, I would have let fear get in between me and my goals and stop me achieving what I really wanted out of life.
It’s not because I don’t feel fear, of course I do, I just don’t let it stop me.
Throughout my 13-year career, I have helped many people become great decision makers and eliminated their fear of making the “wrong” choice, in turn helping them to become happier, less stressed and far more productive in their life.
Constantly worrying about making the “right” choice means that people end up doing nothing, they enter a state of analysis-paralysis and life doesn’t move on. Instead, life is stressful, full of anxiety, mundane and stagnant.
So what exactly can you do to help yourself to become a better decision maker?
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Everyday people tell me how darn lucky I am “Oh, you are so lucky to work for yourself! No boss, no set hours, work from home, oh you are lucky”
Lucky? Yes, I do work from home and no I don’t have a boss. I don’t have to commute to work (unless you count walking downstairs and across the kitchen to my office a commute) I don’t have to play to corporate game, I don’t have to work with people I don’t like and I don’t sit through pointless meetings and I don’t have to pay ridiculous childcare costs.
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