Executive coach and public speaker Gerry Valentine provides a breakdown of the general steps required to achieve executive presence (online article).
Coach, consultant, and public speaker who faces her own imposter feelings, Tania Katan shares the four approaches she uses to quiet that inner voice.
Many of us have an inner voice telling us we lucked into what we have or we’re a fraud. That’s normal; the problem is when we believe it.
Isn’t it amazing how sometimes the only difference between feeling like an imposter and a superhero is finding out how other people see you from the outside? But what if we could channel that outsider all the time — like what if we could carry a fighter pilot around in our pockets to constantly remind us how awesome we are? And we actually believed it?
In this TED Ideas article, Katan outlines four creative ways to deal with that inner voice.
- Stop underselling yourself
- Make your own “I ROCK Files”
- Assemble a legion of superheroes
- Ask for a raise in haiku
This is an excerpt from her book Creative Trespassing: How to Put the Spark and Joy Back into Your Work and Life. Get more inspiration from her TEDx Talk:
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