Read the article at https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210315-the-hidden-upside-of-imposter-syndrome and comment on it. Have you had such experiences (130 words).
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Read the article at https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210315-the-hidden-upside-of-imposter-syndrome and comment on it. Have you had such experiences (130 words).
I've never heard about such syndrome but I was always sure that such a feeling exists and must be common. It’s good to know that it has a name and is being examined by psychologists. Recently I’ve got a promotion in my job and at the first sight, I wasn’t sure that I deserve it. I was sure that I don’t have enough knowledge and skills but on the other hand, I was sure that my manager who gave me this promotion was smart. He had to make up his mind and it was obvious to me that he analyzed everything including my skills and knowledge. That gave me some confidence and allowed me to get rid of imposter syndrome. Despite this, I’m sure that I’ll meet with this syndrome in near future but I believe that I’ll be prepared for it.
ReplyDeleteThe article is very interesting and it’s worth to pay attention on. This is the first time I have come across the term called imposter. I think most of us don't know how to appreciate ourselves and our own achievements. I was in exactly in the same situation as Łukasz, I avs also got promotion and I was wondering if I am on a rigth place, doing the right thing, if I deserve this position, if I will prove myself, although I know that my boss wait for me for a long time. Am I an imposter then?
ReplyDeleteI think it's hard for us to admit to ourselves that we are doing something right and we are the right people on the right place. We should definitely appreciate ourselves more and value our work and the contributions we've made. I think it's a good approach that researchers are exploring this area of human mentality that is deeply rooted in our self-esteem.
I’ve heard about the Impostor Syndrome before, but I didn't know that it’s called like this. I knew that is a kind of feature (or maybe phenomenon) that causes a lack of faith in one's own achievements. Unfortunately, as the article said, it's such a bad feeling that we aren't as intelligent as the others. We believe that we don't deserve our own success. But I wasn’t aware that having such a syndrome (as I mentioned earlier I thought it was rather a feature), we can take an advantage from it such as outperforming our “non-imposter peers in interpersonal skills”. In my opiion a lot of us have experienced situations in our lives that might correspond to the impostor syndrome. From an early age we are assessed and compared to other people, which can strengthen our sense of uncertainty in our own achievements or strengths or strengthen our self-doubt.
ReplyDeleteI was aware of the imposter syndrome since the beginning of my career in general, because in my line of work you have to be able to jump from new situation to new situation very quickly. Meeting new people and adjusting to new working environments all the time give plenty of opportunities for the imposter syndrome to kick in. In my experience it comes from a certain perfectionist approach to ones work, but also awareness of being constantly assessed by peers, which, I feel, is a result of influence of school environment. I think it might be a good motivator for improvement of ones work if conducted properly. If not, it might change into a very negative and destructive force, because, after all who can be well motivated by constant battle with oneself.
ReplyDeleteI find this article very interesting, because I've never heard about such syndrome. I started wondering if it didn't happen to me when I changed my job recently and started working in a field that i have no clue about, I work in this job for almost half year now and I don't feel like I can handle it well. But that is just my thought and I'm not sure if it suits this syndrome. I think also that a lot of people after graduating from school might feel that way, especially in a design departure where people have different tastes in things, and we might feel like we are not good as other people because we are judged by community on every piece of art we make, and it is common to feel like everyone dislike it, and it makes us think if we are even good at what we do.
ReplyDeleteProbably like other, I had similar feelings at work. It happens that my superiors praise me at work, for example, for good work and performance for the last month, and I listen and think that just over the last month, to the best of different circumstances, I worked ... let's say "so-so" and then suddenly they start to praise me o_0
ReplyDeleteBut in general, I think that everything with me at work or even just in life is like with other people and this is the natural order of things. Somewhere I better than someone and I'm well aware of this and get the expected result, but somewhere on the contrary I worse than someone and I a little embarrassed because of this and try to be better, try more, and so on.
A very interesting article. This is the first time I have heard of impostor syndrome, I have dealt with such a behavior but I did not know that it has its own name and that research was carried out on its basis. In my opinion, many people often underestimate their skills and believe that they may not be in the right position for them. This feeling often leads to a willingness to constantly develop in order to be able to keep up with the rest of the team and not to be an obstacle in the way of others. Which then probably turns into the syndrome described in this article. The fear of being considered an impostor or unfit for a job is often the reason people try so much harder to do their jobs.
ReplyDeleteRecently, the impostor syndrom is quite popular, I keep seeing posts about it in social media a lot. I was aware that such thing exists, but I hadn't expect that to be such a common issue. Like others I've experienced this syndrom, especially in work and before starting my career, in school. I'm trying to cope with it by thinking about my strenghts and increasing my confidence. In addition, my current job is quite dynamic and things are changing fast, so I had to adapt to thought that I cannot control everything and sometimes I have to improvise.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, the "good" thing we can get from Impostor Syndrom is constant need to improve ourselvs. Pushing forward and working harder can lead to many astonishing results. The hard thing to do is not get to be totlly petrified by fear. Getting trustworthy feedback can helps us while dealing with this syndrome.
While reading the article, I felt as if it was addressed directly to me or it described problems and situations with which I personally have a problem very often, although I've never heard of this syndrome or came across a similar name. Many of the examples described in the article perfectly reflect the situations with which I often have a problem at work. For example, the issue of preparing for a training or presentation - I always devote a lot of time to it and repeat the speech to perfection. Most of the time, the feelings about my presentations are very positive, but I automatically push away any kind words and focus only on the criticism, or the "non-existent" feeling of doing something wrong, or a total failure of the event. I think the striving for perfection has a great influence on this, because I admit that I am a perfectionist and it's been bothering me all my life. There were also many times when my coworkers praised my progress in skills and thought I could handle more difficult project challenges, but I always denied it myself and thought a lot worse about myself. Now I'm sure that I can call myself an impostor.
ReplyDeleteI’ve never heard about such a syndrome. Although I supposed something like this exists. What is more, i can say I understand this problem and I think that some of symptoms are familiar to me. There were some situations in my life/career that after some kind of success I thought this success owes just a pure luck rather my knowledge or experience. I just needed time to undestand that there could be luck in that success, but there were definitely my hard work and knowledge in. Other thing interesting to me is a fact that imposters live the 0/1 mode. It must be frustrating to feel the need to be the best in something or even everything. When I do something, I try to improve and get experience, but I do not feel that I must be the best. I get that there are a lot of people better than me doing something, but I am happy achieved experience and with that happiness I go to the future.
ReplyDeleteI really do not know what to think about all that new syndromes discovered, most of them are excuses but few of them are real issues. I did not hear about impostor syndrome as a term, but as a behavior I think it is quite common especially in big corporations - where people are constantly work under pressure and they do not have time to think about their achievements. After reading this article I think I could be one of them (people with impostor syndrome). I often feel most of my assignments are too big and I am underqualified, but I am always open to learn something new, and I’m one of people that don’t care about praises and rewards and maybe because I’m old, I just like to get things done (even if I need occasionally to take overtime in work).
ReplyDeleteI have never hear about this syndrome before. However I can imagine how people can feel such things. Nowadays most people gain experience at work and specially in IT many tasks and projects are making first time, developers know problem only by learning theory rules. Another thing is getting information now is much easier then ever. Many of us think if something is easy and solve problem is cheating or it’s not good solution. There are many people who are in wrong place or role but I think they don’t suffer by this syndrome. When I think more about this this syndrome can touch persons who has low self-esteem. This problem can be very cumbersome in our career path and future jobs. I’m positive that this syndrome will be much popular in the future.
ReplyDeleteI have never heard about such syndrome. I work in company where everyone have strong faith in their skills. Its hard to believe me that someone might find it profitable of not believing in himself. For me to be successful in what you do you always have to be in strong believe in your skills, even if you are not that confident in yourself you should not let express it. We live in such competitive world that such behavior might be easy used against you. There is always 10 persons waiting for your position so you should not show your weaknesses, people will for sure take it as advantage during promotion period. If I ever got into position where I will be doubtful in myself I would make sure no one would notice that to not let them use it against me, to not lose my position. Im perfectionist that needs to be best on what I do.
ReplyDeleteIt’s the first time I’m getting familiar with the impostor syndrome and I have to admit – I’m glad to find out that such pattern exists. I think it is very interesting that being not competent enough sometimes turns out to be more beneficial than being fully qualified. It seems to me that at least partially I identify myself with this idea. I have never paid enough attention to it before, but whenever I find myself in a situation which requires certain knowledge that I do not have or I’m only partially familiar with (e.g. at work) it automatically triggers the feeling of involvement and motivates me to obtain such knowledge and further to perform the best I can. Now as I am familiar with this idea, I feel that I will be able to eliminate stress by which I am overwhelmed in those kind of situations, because I will keep in mind that this lack of knowledge may actually end up much better for me than I expect.
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