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This podcast is the narrated version of my article “I Feel Like A Fake!”.
It sounds strange, but positive feedback and compliments can make people suffering from ‘imposter syndrome’ feel even worse about themselves.
In this episode I talk about:
- “I feel like a fake!”
- Who is most likely to fall prey to this negatively distorted sense of who they are?
- Real imposters vs. fake imposters
- Tip 1: Don’t try to argue them out of it
- Tip 2: Bring in Dunning-Kruger
- Tip 3: Remind them that it’s all made up
Or watch this episode of the podcast on video below:
References/Notes:
- McElwee, R. O. and Yurak, T. J. (5 October 2012). The Phenomenology of the Impostor Phenomenon. Individual Differences Research. Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) 8(3): 184–197.
- See the Dunning-Kruger effect.
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