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?
𝐘𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐈 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐢𝐫𝐚, 𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
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: 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴. 😲
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬: 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? 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞?
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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