Now that we know more about imposter syndrome and have discussed some of the things that you can do to help fight it off, we need to learn some of the steps that you can use to kick out imposter syndrome while you are at home. Imposter syndrome is good at showing up when you are at work and it is hard to fight off in the moment. This means that you need to focus a bit more on fixing the issue while you are at home, when some of the pressure is off and you won’t feel as bad.
Even when you leave imposter syndrome at home, you will see large improvements to how well you feel while at work. Some of the steps that you can take to help with this include:
Build Self-Confidence at HomeYou do not need to be at the office to work on your self-esteem. It can be a little scary to spend time at the office, under all that pressure, and try to work on your self-esteem. Doing small things at home will help and can relieve that pressure at work.
Building your self-confidence will take time, no matter where you end up doing the practice. This can be a hard thing to improve. But something as simple as practicing positive thinking while at home can make a difference. For example, if you find that you frequently think negative thoughts about yourself, you can practice changing it around and only having positive thoughts. When you think about yourself in a positive manner, you will start to feel better.
While it would be nice to have a crowd of people follow us around and tell us great things about ourselves all the time, this is not reality. And if you have imposter syndrome, you probably would not believe them anyway. This means that you need to take a step up and be the one who provides these positive thoughts to help improve your situation.
Whenever you have a chance to build up your confidence, whether it is at a party, with your friends or family, or any other time that you are out of the house, it is a good idea to do this. It will make a world of difference in how good you feel and will ensure that this same confidence will spill over into your work life, providing you with an easy way to fight off imposter syndrome and all the negativity that comes with it.
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It helps me to think critically. I want to do videos and have a YouTube channel.
I'm being stuck in doing it. What comes to my mind every time I started is -- this video should be perfect in the eyes of my former office staff and friends.
This is where I got stuck as I always strive for perfection in all that I do. Is this impostor syndrome? Looking forward to your thoughts on this. Thank you, in advance, Catherine.
All the best,
Letty
But that's a long story that I'll leave for now. Suffice to say that I lost confidence because of it.
I was always a high performer at school, but I believed I wasn't. I never thought that anyone else had noticed my dilemma, that was until about a year ago. It was at this time that I was reacquainted with several people from my primary school days. One who told me how she had always felt sorry for me and how I was treated by this bully boy and a certain teacher, strange thing was I didn't even remember the teacher. Another told me how they had avoided me because I was to intelligent, he was sorry for his actions.
I'm telling you this because, thanks to your article, I finally understand why I feel the way I do and what I can do about it.
I can't believe myself just what a profound affect your blog has had on me. I'm a big man, no longer young. I have achieved much, suffered much and have surrounded myself with a beautiful family. I have a great life, yet here I am opening myself up to you, with tears pouring out of my old eyes. Thank you Catherine. Jim
