NEXT , YOU WANT TO BECOME CURIOUS . QUESTION : WHERE ARE THESE THOUGHTS COMING FROM ? WHY DO I THINK THESE THINGS ? CURIOSITY IS YOUR FRIEND BECAUSE INSTEAD OF SHAMING YOURSELF FOR YOUR THOUGHTS , YOU GET TO UNCOVER AND GROW FROM THEM .
HERE ARE TWO POWERFUL QUESTION YOU CAN EXPLORE TO HELP YOU DISCOVER HOW IMPOSTER SYNDROME IS HOLDING YOU BACK : 1 . HOW AM I HOLDING MYSELF BACK ? 2 . IF NOTHING COULD GO WRONG , WHAT WOULD I BE DOING ? OF COURSE , WE CANNOT JUST JOURNAL AND HEAL FROM IT IMMEDIATELY BUT WE CAN LEARN TO RECOGNISE THE SYMPTOMS AND THOUGHTS FASTER AND FASTER SO THAT WE ’ RE MOVING ON FROM IT QUICKER EACH TIME INSTEAD OF FALLING INTO THE PIT OF MISERY . WHICH , IF YOU ’ VE BEEN THERE , CAN BE SO HARD TO CLIMB OUT OF SOMETIMES , I KNOW .
ANOTHER STEP YOU CAN TAKE IS BY CREATING A FOLDER OF YOUR “ WINS ” AND READING IT REGULARLY TO SHOW YOUR BRAIN THE EVIDENCE THAT YOU ' RE GOOD ENOUGH . THIS CAN BE ANYTHING FROM COMPLIMENTS AND CLIENT REVIEWS TO STATISTICS ETC .
AND LASTLY , INVEST IN COACHING . IT IS THE BEST THING I COULD ’ VE EVER DONE FOR MYSELF AND MY BUSINESS AND I ’ LL STAND BY IT . WE CAN GROW AND MOVE OUR BUSINESS SO MUCH FASTER WHEN WE HAVE SOMEONE HELPING US LOOK AT IT OBJECTIVELY . OFTEN , WE ’ RE JUST TOO CLOSE TO ALL OF OUR CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE STRUGGLE TO SEE THE SOLUTION IN FRONT OF US . COACHING HELPS YOU TO CREATE CERTAINTY IN ALL OF THE UNCERTAINTY LIFE AND BUSINESS BRINGS YOUR WAY , WHICH MEANS YOU CAN ALWAYS FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION FOR THE LIFESTYLE AND BUSINESS THAT YOU WANT .
EACH TYPE OF IMPOSTER SYNDROME HAS THEIR OWN STEPS TO HELP YOU MANAGE IT AND WOULD BE TOO LONG-WINDED TO SHARE WITH YOU IN THIS ARTICLE BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU ; IMPOSTER SYNDROME DOESN ’ T HAVE TO WITHHOLD YOUR SUCCESS AND KEEP YOU SMALL . YOU CAN TAKE OWNERSHIP OF YOUR THOUGHTS AND CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF YOUR BUSINESS SO THAT YOU ’ RE MAKING MONEY WHILE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD .