Cameron Herold answers an audience question about creating a culture where people can admit feeling like they have imposter syndrome. He shares an anecdote from a COO Alliance event where every attendee admitted feeling like an imposter, and emphasizes normalizing vulnerability by acknowledging strengths and asking for help in areas of weakness.
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The next question we have is from Anthony Perry, who's the VP at National Media Sales. How do you create a culture where it's okay to admit feeling like you have imposter syndrome? Dude, it just is. It's just okay to say that you have imposter syndrome. I think a lot of us, again, are so worried about being judged, but the reality is, every day, every one of us wakes up thinking, this is the biggest thing we've ever done. In fact, we just had one of our COO alliance events the other day. We have the only network of its country kind in the world for second in commands. And at the event the other day, one of our CO alliance members, who was. That was his first event, pulled me aside privately, and he said he'd been up all night, and he had a really sleepless night. And he actually skipped our group morning yoga that morning because he wanted to hang out with his kids and just get a hug from him. And I said, dude, what's wrong? He said, I just feel like a bit of an imposter. I feel like I'm not the right fit in this role. And I was like, whoa. I actually think the exact opposite. I think you're amazing in the role. And I said, let me just ask the group for a second. And we went and asked the entire group, first about him and secondly about themselves. And all 30 of our COO alliance members that were in the room put up their hands saying that they feel like an imposter as well. So I think it's just recognizing that everybody feels like they're making it up as they go. You know, how are we all supposed to have the right answers? But I think the school system has conditioned us to feel like we're supposed to be experts when we're not. So vulnerability is just saying, hey, I'm great in these specific areas, but I need help in others, and realizing that everybody is struggling at times, too.
