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The Kids’ Movie That Helps My Imposter Syndrome
One line of dialogue that stops it in its tracks
Imposter Syndrome.
You know the feeling.
You’ve accomplished a goal, and you should be proud of yourself. But instead, you’re plagued by dark thoughts:
- “I should have done better.”
- “I did it but it’s not good enough.”
- “Anyone can do what I did.”
Imposter syndrome hurts us in a few ways. It takes away the joy of your accomplishments.
But even more insidiously, it makes the next accomplishment harder to reach. And so on and so on from there.
Because if you don’t take the time to reward yourself and be proud of yourself (we in the biz call this “positive reinforcement”), you won’t be as motivated the next time you’re challenged.
I’m not talking about a conscious decision not to work hard. But if you do not recognize and enjoy your successes, somewhere in your primal lizard brain a switch goes off that will say “it’s just not worth working so hard.”
How I remember
There’s a very famous movie for kids that is all about Imposter Syndrome. I don’t want to get a copyright strike, so I’ll make you guess…
