Funny story about imposter syndrome. The women’s network at my work organises sessions where senior women share things they’ve learnt along the way and answer questions from colleagues.
At one of them, a few years ago, the lady in the hot seat (who had been a pretty terrifying boss when I had worked for her) was asked by a friend of mine if she had any advice about imposter syndrome. Her answer: “I can always spot an imposter” !!!!!!!
Yes please, tell us about your improv experience and insight :) I love watching improv and the overall vibe of the game really appeals to me. The improv course I took was the scariest thing I've ever done. I failed level 3 because I felt not good enough and held back the whole time.
As we become more self-aware, we expand our knowledge about how much we don't know. There is a lot of research about people with higher self-awareness rating themselves as poorer performers, and people will lower self-awareness rating themselves as higher performers. Performance figures demonstrates that in fact, those with lower self-awareness are actually poorer performers - the Dunning Kruger Effect.
I'm pretty sure that imposter syndrome is linked to greater knowledge and self-awareness. If you weren't wise to what you didn't know, I suspect you wouldn't suffer from imposter syndrome, as you'd be full of misplaced confidence!
Thanks for this! I'm going to offer you some Funny Women gigs as we start up our open mics in London again in April. You are funny, warm and brilliant and, like a lot of the amazing women who take part in my workshops, a notch above a lot of the circuit comedians - the only difference is that they do it, and you don't! The genie is out of the bottle now, we just have to get you on stage soon! Lx
Funny story about imposter syndrome. The women’s network at my work organises sessions where senior women share things they’ve learnt along the way and answer questions from colleagues.
At one of them, a few years ago, the lady in the hot seat (who had been a pretty terrifying boss when I had worked for her) was asked by a friend of mine if she had any advice about imposter syndrome. Her answer: “I can always spot an imposter” !!!!!!!
Yes please, tell us about your improv experience and insight :) I love watching improv and the overall vibe of the game really appeals to me. The improv course I took was the scariest thing I've ever done. I failed level 3 because I felt not good enough and held back the whole time.
As we become more self-aware, we expand our knowledge about how much we don't know. There is a lot of research about people with higher self-awareness rating themselves as poorer performers, and people will lower self-awareness rating themselves as higher performers. Performance figures demonstrates that in fact, those with lower self-awareness are actually poorer performers - the Dunning Kruger Effect.
I'm pretty sure that imposter syndrome is linked to greater knowledge and self-awareness. If you weren't wise to what you didn't know, I suspect you wouldn't suffer from imposter syndrome, as you'd be full of misplaced confidence!
Thanks for this! I'm going to offer you some Funny Women gigs as we start up our open mics in London again in April. You are funny, warm and brilliant and, like a lot of the amazing women who take part in my workshops, a notch above a lot of the circuit comedians - the only difference is that they do it, and you don't! The genie is out of the bottle now, we just have to get you on stage soon! Lx
I’d LOVE to come to your stand up gigs! Xxx