How does culture impact our experience with imposter syndrome? In this episode, we sit down with our good friend, Jason, to discuss our experience with self-doubt and imposter syndrome in the workplace, where we think it stems from, and our tactics to deal with it. The focus of imposter syndrome has historically been on fixing the individual, but we discuss why fixing the organisation is more important.
Episode outline:
1. The five types of imposter syndrome
2. The situations in which we feel imposter syndrome
3. How our Asian upbringing has impacted our fear of speaking up
4. Why imposter syndrome affects women and people of colour more
5. The impacts of being high achievers
6. Tactics for dealing with imposter syndrome and building workplace confidence
As always, we also end the episode with our dinner table questions. Today we chat about our thoughts on Shang-Chi, being a morning person vs night owl, and our biggest phobias.
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References/Resources:
- Identifying and Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/imposter-syndrome
- 'Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome' article: https://hbr.org/2021/02/stop-telling-women-they-have-imposter-syndrome
Music credits:
- Track: Waves are beautiful only when they break — Seoul June [Audio Library Release]
- Music provided by Audio Library Plus
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