There is a term you may or may not have heard and it is called imposter syndrome, and how you overcome it is what we will talk about today. Do you listen to that little voice inside your head that says, they will find out that you have no idea what you are doing? Have you allowed that voice to stop you from trying something new or working on your creations? These thoughts and more cross my mind every time I sit down and being to write something or record a podcast or try to do a new type of project.
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Introduction to Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
Create art podcasts, commentary overcoming imposter syndrome. Hello friend. This is Timothy Kimo. Brian, your head instigator for create art podcast where I use my 20 plus years of experience in creating art and teaching others. Do you listen to that little voice inside your head that says they will find out that you have no idea what you're doing.
Have you allowed that voice to stop you from trying something new or working on your creations? Has it crossed your mind that you were too late to be a creator and that you are too far behind the time? Well, these thoughts and more cross my mind. Every time I sit down and begin to write something or report or record a podcast or try a new type of project.
Now, if you've been following me for any amount of time, you'd know that these voices don't always stop me. And today I'm going to help you not be stopped by these ideas that come into our head from time to time. Now there's a term you may or may not have heard and it's called imposter syndrome and how you overcome it is what we're going to talk about today.
Ways I fight Imposter Syndrome
I'd like to make a distinction before I get too far into this episode, and that is the inner critic versus imposter since. Now the inner critic for me is useful. It helps me make better work. It pushes me to do better and points out my mistakes. It can be harsh, but I don't let it stop me from doing the work.
Now, imposter syndrome is a little bit more outward focused. The thought of my audience or colleagues will figure out that I'm a fraud that I don't really know what I'm talking about. The common denominator for this is that you are concerned about others, opinions of your work. Now, here's the thing you can't control.
What other people think about your work, but there are things you can do to silence that voice and make the voices in your head more beneficial and help you to create better work. The first thing
