Dr. Valerie Young on Combating Imposter Syndrome, Perfectionism, and Playing Small EP 173
In today's episode of Passion Struck with John R. Miles, I interview Dr. Valerie Young about the types and causes of imposter syndrome and how you combat it. | Brought to you by Gusto (https://www.gusto.com/passionstruck) for three months free. Dr. Valerie Young is co-founder of Impostor Syndrome Institute and the leading expert on the subject. In addition to speaking at over 100 universities, she’s spoken at such diverse organizations as Google, Moody’s, Pfizer, NASA, and the National Cancer Institute. She is the author of The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: Why Capable People Suffer from the Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive. * Purchase The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: https://amzn.to/3QpOBXP (Amazon Link) --► Get the full show notes: https://passionstruck.com/dr-valerie-young-on-combating-imposter-syndrome/ --► Subscribe to My Channel Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/JohnRMiles --► Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/passion-struck-with-john-r-miles/id1553279283 *Our Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/passionstruck. Thank You to Our Sponsors This episode of Passion Struck with John R. Miles is brought to you by Gusto, which provides cloud-based payroll, benefits, and human resource management software for businesses based in the United States. For three months free, go to https://www.gusto.com/passionstruck. What I Discuss With Dr. Valerie Young About Combating Imposter Syndrome, Perfectionism, and Playing Small Imposter Syndrome is something I constantly get asked about, so I was thrilled to have Valerie on the podcast so she could share her incredible knowledge and tips about it. I suggest you take notes during all of this interview!
- What life event caused her to do her dissertation on Imposter Syndrome?
- What is imposter syndrome and the keys to combating it?
- What are the four different types of imposter syndrome?
- Questions you can ask yourself to see if you are experiencing imposter syndrome.
- How you go from impostorism to confidence.
- Why 70% of workers experience imposter syndrome and its correlation to the great resignation.
- The importance of playing big in life.
- How to overcome perfectionism.
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