StarSpongledDongle t1_j6g5r3p wrote on January 30, 2023 at 2:21 AM

Reply to comment by ThatsHisEagerFace44 in LPT Request: What is the pro tip that helped you to keep yourself extremely focused and disciplined towards your short and long term goals , instead of getting distracted from it? by permission777

I want to tell you, but I feel like there are a lot of people better qualified than me to do it.

ztvile t1_j6gkt5x wrote on January 30, 2023 at 4:07 AM

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ThatsHisEagerFace44 t1_j6g62gw wrote on January 30, 2023 at 2:23 AM

I suppose I could get off my lazy bum and look it up

9dnguy t1_j6i7xsb wrote on January 30, 2023 at 2:55 PM

So what is it?

jesuisserpent t1_j6in1vo wrote on January 30, 2023 at 4:36 PM

They were making a joke playing off imposter syndrome. The best way to explain it is through example: let’s say I’m a successful CEO but I still look in the mirror and see my teenage self that made lots of mistakes and I think everyone else sees me the same way. So even though I AM a CEO factually and I do my job well enough to have it, I feel like an imposter because I feel too stupid to have it, unworthy, etc.

I think almost everyone has some form of imposter syndrome especially when people around you don’t treat you the way that you should be (like a mother over babying their adult child or something)