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re: Imposter syndrome, anyone have it?

Posted on 11/10/23 at 10:01 pm to
Posted by AUbagman
LA
Member since Jun 2014
11151 posts
Posted on 11/10/23 at 10:01 pm to
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Besides, in my profession we make more than the managers.



This is the same here, the difference is the payout when the company goes public. It would be a pay cut on the front end, but a large sum on the backend.
Posted by Honest Tune
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2011
19285 posts
Posted on 11/10/23 at 10:05 pm to
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He's fully aware of the syndrome and aware that it's an emotional disorder. He just doesn't know what to do about it.


Nothing. Sounds like the good side of him is winning. We all self-doubt… only assholes assume they’ll never fail.
Posted by roberto
Member since Dec 2009
43 posts
Posted on 11/10/23 at 10:50 pm to
Live with it everyday. Genuinely
Posted by Nuts
Michigan
Member since Oct 2011
1135 posts
Posted on 11/10/23 at 10:51 pm to
If you don't have it, you're not trying.
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
120003 posts
Posted on 11/10/23 at 11:02 pm to
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The Five Types of Impostor Syndrome
According to researcher Dr. Valerie Young, there are five impostor types:

The Perfectionist. This type of imposter syndrome involves believing that, unless you were absolutely perfect, you could have done better. You feel like an imposter because your perfectionistic traits make you believe that you're not as good as others might think you are.
The Expert. The expert feels like an imposter because they don't know everything there is to know about a particular subject or topic, or they haven't mastered every step in a process. Because there is more for them to learn, they don't feel as if they've reached the rank of "expert."
The Natural Genius. In this imposter syndrome type, you may feel like a fraud simply because you don't believe that you are naturally intelligent or competent. If you don't get something right the first time around or it takes you longer to master a skill, you feel like an imposter.
The Soloist. It's also possible to feel like an imposter if you had to ask for help to reach a certain level or status. Since you couldn't get there on your own, you question your competence or abilities.
The Superperson. This type of imposter syndrome involves believing that you must be the hardest worker or reach the highest levels of achievement possible and, if you don't, you are a fraud.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora
Member since Sep 2012
72922 posts
Posted on 11/10/23 at 11:02 pm to
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(they all have required large moves with 3 kids)


frick that shite. Moving kids around constantly because daddy got transferred will frick up your kids. It's different with military families because wherever you get transferred to has a built-in community of other military transfer families, but in the private sector, frick all that.
Posted by JoeDirt
Classified
Member since Jun 2004
1224 posts
Posted on 11/10/23 at 11:13 pm to
Leveling up is intimidating, it can fill you with self doubt and as you say make you feel like an imposter… But once you do it and have a look around you realize everyone else is winging it as they go too.
Posted by Rabby
Member since Mar 2021
1473 posts
Posted on 11/10/23 at 11:25 pm to
You have already talked through the discussion and you are just having trouble with implementation.

Either stop sabotaging what you are articulating as a needful move and be unstoppable in getting this job done.

Or resign yourself to perpetual regret over a what-might-have-been in your life.

But make a decision and then make that decision work without flinching.
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
13200 posts
Posted on 11/10/23 at 11:34 pm to
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Moving kids around constantly because daddy got transferred will frick up your kids. It's different with military families because wherever you get transferred to has a built-in community of other military transfer families,


Lulz, no. Military families don't give much of a shite, because someone is leaving in 90 days, or 6 months, you're leaving in a year, there is no camaraderie there. There is no built in community. Maybe you live on base, maybe off base, maybe you live in a hotel for seven months waiting for housing (happened to me.)

Move the kids. They'll be fine. They'll make new friends, get a chance to reinvent themselves, etc. Private sector got *far* more benefits than mil families did.
Posted by skiboman1
Cody, Wyoming
Member since Oct 2007
460 posts
Posted on 11/10/23 at 11:34 pm to
You sound like a *#ssy.
Posted by Kraut Dawg
Member since Sep 2012
4716 posts
Posted on 11/11/23 at 2:14 am to
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This post was edited on 11/23/23 at 3:05 am
Posted by Strannix
C.S.A.
Member since Dec 2012
52795 posts
Posted on 11/11/23 at 2:28 am to
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but when promotions come up I tend to start doubting everything, and in the past I've self sabotaged


For a second then I realize the vast majority of upper/middle management I have ever seen is retarded.
Posted by jeffsdad
Member since Mar 2007
24066 posts
Posted on 11/11/23 at 2:28 am to
I was in the final two to be over all the labs in a major hospital chain. Flew into HQ and had an excellent interview until they asked me about my "vision" for my future position. Well, I did have some ideas but they were so concrete they really didn't sound like a "vision" (if that makes sense). I essentially sabotaged myself with a silly answer, really bad. The guy had told me I'd start in six figures and that he could tell I was smarter than 98% of the people there. And He would be "disappointed" if I didn't get a promotion within a year. My biggest professional failure. I think maybe I subconsciously wanted to fail so as not having to move away from family, but that maybe be just an excuse.
Posted by AUstar
Member since Dec 2012
19199 posts
Posted on 11/11/23 at 2:55 am to
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I've been high performing my entire life


quote:

AUbagman


Bro, dont be so hard on yourself. You did a fine job landing Cam and you didn't even get caught.
Posted by Armymann50
Playing with my
Member since Sep 2011
21842 posts
Posted on 11/11/23 at 4:59 am to
peter principal


The Peter principle is a concept in management developed by Laurence J. Peter which observes that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to "a level of respective incompetence": employees are promoted based on their success in previous jobs until they reach a level at which they are no longer competent
Posted by CharlesLSU
Member since Jan 2007
33232 posts
Posted on 11/11/23 at 6:19 am to
That’d be me:)
Posted by monteandmakers
New Orleans
Member since Dec 2014
188 posts
Posted on 11/11/23 at 7:12 am to
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keep finding good reasons to turn them down (they all have required large moves with 3 kids).


Is moving something you and your family would be ok with? If no, then it’s reasonable to decline the offer(s).

I somewhat forced myself into management last year and almost backed out at the last minute. I knew I could do the technical parts of the job, pretty much had been doing it for a year since the previous manager left, but had some reservations about taking on the people/HR stuff. I just told myself that I’m doing 95% of the job already so I might as well get paid accordingly. You won’t know everything in the new job and no one expects you to, you’ll fill in the gaps as you go which is normal. I work to make money so I figured why not try to make as much as possible for the hours I put in.
Posted by patnuh
South LA
Member since Sep 2005
7417 posts
Posted on 11/11/23 at 7:44 am to
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genuineLSUtiger
quote:

99% of people are completely full of shite.


Lol
Posted by KyleOrtonsMustache
Krystal Baller
Member since Jan 2008
5152 posts
Posted on 11/11/23 at 7:44 am to
You’re going to need several heroic doses of psychedelics to kill your ego and learn who you truly are as a person.
Posted by GruntbyAssociation
Member since Jul 2013
8505 posts
Posted on 11/11/23 at 7:48 am to
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stealing signs


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