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Imposter syndrome | Izzy Kiver | #motivation #empoweryourself #empowerment #shorts

Name: Imposter syndrome | Izzy Kiver | #motivation #empoweryourself #empowerment #shorts
Uploaded: 2024-05-01T00:00:01+00:00
Duration: 54 s
Channel: Izzy Kiver
Description: In this motivational short, Izzy Kiver explains that experiencing imposter syndrome often signals that you are actually making progress and doing…

1 May 2024 · 1 min

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In this motivational short, Izzy Kiver explains that experiencing imposter syndrome often signals that you are actually making progress and doing meaningful work—if you weren’t doing anything, you wouldn’t feel like an imposter. She argues that toxic workplaces can deliberately cultivate imposter feelings to extract more effort from employees, rewarding them only when they overachieve. To combat this, she recommends changing your environment, especially leaving or altering toxic work settings that thrive on self‑doubt. The core message is that recognizing imposter feelings as a sign of being on the right track, and then removing the exploitative context, can help you reclaim confidence and productivity.

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You know, you have this constant fear of me being an imposter. When you're actually on the right track, when you're doing things. If you're not doing anything, you don't feel like an imposter, because you're not doing anything. If you're feeling like an imposter, it means you're on the right track. You're doing something worthwhile, and you're getting recognition for it. Maybe you're even getting paid for it, or you're getting an audience behind you. So a couple of takeaways of how to actually deal with imposter syndrome. Number one, change your environment. You may be in a toxic environment, a toxic work environment that rewards people for having imposter syndrome. Because if you can get someone to feel bad about themselves, if you can make someone feel insignificant and then reward them when they overachieve, you have created a perfect environment for imposter syndrome. And that benefits only one person, the employer, who's getting that juice out of you, getting all of your juices and draining them just so you can work a little bit harder.