Description

In this episode, Joel sits down with the performance specialist Dean Link to talk about re-thinking imposter syndrome. Dean has spent most of his career helping elite athletes to rewire their brains. Before moving into a leadership role working with coaches, sports scientists and administrators helping them to create an environment people could thrive in. He is now applying that knowledge to the business world.

They discuss why imposter syndrome is actually a quite natural way to feel. But it is a feeling which can easily overwhelm us. In the episode, Dean explains how you can stop that from happening and harness it in a way that helps you to learn. To turn yourself into a more flexible person who can adapt and thrive regardless of what life throws at you.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• If you feel that you need to be right all the time you will always feel like an imposter. Nobody can know everything.
• It is good to be reminded that there are gaps in your knowledge, but you must not let the feeling of imposter syndrome overwhelm and stop you.
• Creating an environment in which employees can thrive enables them to perform and improves staff retention.
• Human beings love certainty and being in control. But that is not how the world works. When you accept that you can thrive.
• You can´t stop yourself from caring what people think, but you can control how much emotion, energy, and importance you attach to it.
• You can turn imposter syndrome on its head and turn it into something positive.

BEST MOMENTS
‘My job really is being a great investigator to understand what the problem is and then try and figure out the best way to support them. ´
‘I often say if you've got impostor syndrome, that's great. Let's harness it. If people say I don't have it, I'm like, 'There's a red flag.’
‘It isn´t the feelings and thoughts that cause us the suffering. It's what we do with the feelings and thoughts that causes us pain.’
'Impostor syndrome can either go two ways. It's something that we can either thrive with, or we can suffer with it. And it's a choice.’

EPISODE RESOURCES
The Courage to be Disliked by Ichiro - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Courage-Be-Disliked-yourself-happiness/dp/176063073X/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/deanleakcoach/
Website: https://www.accelerateco.com/resources
Email: dean@themindsetprogram.org

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