"I am an imposter"

Rogerborg · nimbA Joined: 26 Oct 2010 Karma :

When I can't distinguish between "most" and "a minority", I'll start fretting about my ability to logic.
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pepperami · Super Spammer Joined: 17 Jan 2010 Karma :

I`ve come to this thread late.

But I know what imposter syndrome is and I don't have it Thumbs Up

I have just had my awarding body inspector in at work and I got an exemplary report Smile

I can do my job and I do it well Thumbs Up

and now my boss knows it too.

Banging my own drum : there`s no praise like self praise and self praise is no praise at all Embarassed

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Sun Wukong · World Chat Champion Joined: 02 Nov 2014 Karma :

hellkat · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Thing is, though ... this stuff I am doing, right: I am surrounded by people who have done other sorts of stuff much more executivey/had much more "professional" careers than me, and usually at least one degree (I have none, almost negligible tertiary training at all) and usually they also have some form of social standing because of what they've done (leader of a council, MP, professors, etc).

And all I am doing is giving my opinion, and they (who are variously between 5-10 years either side of my age anyway) nod sagely and say "Hmmm, yes, you're right ... "- and then include my opinion as worthy of consideration before they go off on whatever tangent they were about to take.

So I just kind of add my two penn'orth, all the while thinking "But, isn't that common sense [to consider that option], anyway...?"

I spent an hour on the phone this morning on a call to one of my colleagues, the upshot of which is that he had talked himself into approaching the senior management about an issue that really was crystal clear he should be doing anyway.

I left the conversation wondering whether he was actually listening to my opinion, or was he garnering opinions from the rest of us before he went ahead and did what he should have done days ago.
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Ribenapigeon · Super Spammer Joined: 20 Feb 2012 Karma :

I came to the realisation that mediocrity is the norm so stopped worrying about a lot of stuff.

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hellkat · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Rich, I found this.

Linky

It was on a website from some people called Art of Charm (warning: its one of those motivational/self help type things, although I find it interesting: I regularly access their podcasts through Stitcher, but had never been on their website or checked out their "Toolbox" before.)

So I popped on there this morning for a bit of a look around.
Thought this might be relevant.
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Sun Wukong · World Chat Champion Joined: 02 Nov 2014 Karma :

Derivative · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Aug 2010 Karma :

Having thought about this a bit more, I'd wonder if it's not a simple consequence of how employment works in most cases?

I would generally want to be in a job that's at the limit of my skill/patience/whatever. e.g. I'm just good enough to do it. Maximising salary/hourly rate/comfort/whatever.

If I'm very comfortable in a role, that means one of two things:

1) I know something no-one else does e.g. hard/impossible to replace, the business function I perform would have to stop if I left

2) I'm being taken for a ride because basically I'm charging too little