Brian LaManna and others discuss countering self-doubt by asking the opposite question: instead of "What if this fails?" ask "What if this goes five times better?" He shares how imposter syndrome hit him when launching a brand and starting at Gong, and argues that considering long-term opportunities helps balance natural pessimism.
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I think it's really natural to think, like, what.
If this goes wrong? Or what if this goes terribly bad? But, like, you owe it to yourself.
To flip it around as well. And I tried to do that when I launched my brand a month ago when I was like.
What if this fails? What if this flops?
What if nobody.
Wants to look at it? You owe yourself the other questions too.
Of like, what.
If this goes five times better than.
I could ever imagine?
Or what if this.
Leads to an opportunity that I'm.
Not even thinking about today that.
Like, changes my life five years from now? Um, so.
You just gotta think of.
Both sides to it. And that's, that's what's helped me a little bit, kind of.
Do you tend to lean more on, like, the pessimistic, what could go wrong side of things.
A little bit. I'm not like, overly.
Pessimistic or negative.
But, like, the thoughts.
Definitely come, like, absolutely.
I. I feel like they do forever. And I guess I don't, I don't know. I'm not living in other people's heads, but at least from what people share.
And post, I feel like it's pretty common. And I know I had an insane amount of imposter syndrome when I started at Gong and was on an all star team of reps. And I was listening to their calls, being like, I.
Will never be as good as you. As you, as you, as you.
Started on was elite. That was an unbelievable cast of sellers on one team.
Like, I.
Still don't know if I'm as good as them, but it was an all star team and I was.
