A motivational take on imposter syndrome: it's not a flaw but a sign you're growing. The speaker argues that feeling like a fraud means you're actually pushing yourself into new territory, which is where real learning happens.
What is your advice for, like, imposter syndrome? I feel very strongly about imposter syndrome and how stupid it is. The reason for that is if you have a goal, you should feel like an imposter because you're not them yet. Your goal is not big enough if you don't have to learn a new skill set that you don't know yet, which should make you feel like an imposter and should make you feel dumb. You don't get to grow if you don't feel that way. So I don't look at it as, like, oh, my gosh, this feels terrible. I don't belong here. I'm like, oh, this is how I meet myself. I think it feels amplified when we don't remember to remember what our skill set is, like, what we're good at. Oh, here's what I'm really good at, and here's who I need to surround myself with, and here's what I need to learn. The second you stop needing those skill sets and needing to learn, like, you don't get to meet yourself, you stop growing, you become stagnant. So we should feel like imposters literally every day.
