You Don’t Belong Here!DEALING WITH IMPOSTORSYNDROME

Who the heck am I?!

Jody Wolfbornu Self-professed Imposterizeru IT/DevOps practitioner for around 7 yearsu Dog-person with a short attention spanu I love punctuation!

Rules of Engagement

u This stuff works for meuFind what you connect with and build

your practice around thatu Take what you want or need and

respectfully leave the rest

What the heck is Impostor Syndrome?!

uAnd how the heck do I spell it?!uAn intense, overwhelming anxiety that

one’s achievements are undeserved, and that they’ll be discovered as an impostor!

I feel desperately out of place…

I have no idea what I’m supposed to understand…Everyone knows something that I don’t…

If they find out what I don’t know…

I’m just waiting for the other shoe to drop…

Famous “Impostors”

…believe they’re imposters

don’t…

Why the heck do you care?!

DEFINITION!“Impostor” v. “Adept”

"The trouble with the worldis that the stupid are cocksure

and the intelligent are full of doubt."— Bertrand Russell

DEFINITION! “Fixed Mindset”

DEFINITION! “Growth Mindset”

Coworkers

MentorClose friends

Partner/Sig Other

Trusted Advisors

DEFINITION! “Inner Circle”

Choose Your Support Group Carefully!

How the heck do I deal with it?!

You’re not an impostor if you remain ADEPTu Be Awareu Be Deliberateu Be Empatheticu Be Powerfulu Be Tenacious

Be AWARE!

uKnow what triggers your Impostor Syndrome!

uKnow what you’re saying!uKnow that you’re not alone!uKnow when to admit you don’t know!

Be DELIBERATE!

uChoose to change your attitude!uChoose to change your language!uChoose to learn and grow!uChoose your support group carefully!

Be EMPATHETIC!

uListen to your body!uListen to your instincts!uListen to others actively!uListen to the good things people say

about you!

Be POWERFUL!

uExhude pride!uExhude confidence!uExhude strength!uExhude compassion!

Be TENACIOUS!

uFight the urge to give up!uFight the fear concept of failure!uFight the tedium!uFight complacency!

It’s okay to educate yourself!

It’s okay to change your mind!

u Failure is an opportunity to GROW

u EFFORT and ATTITUDEdetermine my success

GROWTH FIXEDu Failure is the

LIMIT of my abilities

u ABILITYdetermines my success

Remember: You’re Not ALONE!!

Seriously, REMEMBER: You’re Not ALONE!!

“And now that you don’t have to be perfect…

….you can be good.”-John Steinbeck