Knilly Frickers

  So, I forgot to do yesterday’s post but to be honest it was another day of ‘Learn that you earned it’  I spent a small portion of the day verbalising achievements of the week with the fiancé, not in a bragging sort of way, just in a reflection sort of way.  It wasn’t a conscious choice to tick off an exercise, it just happened to be part of the conversation.  Not sure what progress I’ll make over the weekend. 

  Today’s progress on overcoming imposter syndrome is very much a focus on ‘Learn that you earned it’  Does anyone else feel super uncomfortable when someone says something nice about them or praises their work? I’m pretty sure that won’t just be me.  I got praise on a piece of work and instead of doing my usual uncomfortable screwed up face, I said thank you and reminded myself I’d put effort in and it was a good thing that the effort was acknowledged and to be grateful that the end result was well received.   I also acknowledged that I had support from my boss to achieve it and that with her continued encouragement, belief in my abilities and guidance, I can tackle new tasks. 

I attended a webinar yesterday by The Marketing Meet-up on imposter syndrome. I think we all experience it to some extent and I know it’s something that has held me back in work and social situations. I often attend such webinars, take notes and think about all the great ways I’m going to change my life. I then, of course, don’t bother my shirt and continue to be a creature of habit.  What I really loved about Sahana’s session was that she introduced workable exercises and a 30 day challenge to practice giving them a go. This really struck a chord with me so I thought I’d give it a go.  Sahana’s session offered three alternatives to ‘Fake it until you make it’  These were:  Repeat it until you believe it Learn that you earned it Practice it until you perfect it It would be impractical to do every exercise every day so Sahana recommended focussing on three that are do-able and work on those.  Today I’ve chosen to focus on: Finding my edge - what is my unique thin...