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mplishments.Someone who experiences Impostor Syndrome often has a secret fear of being exposed as a fake. Even if the person afflicted has all the right training and education, they might describe constant anxiety over their perceived, undeserved accomplishments.<h2 id="48c8">Stumbling in the spotlight</h2>I assert the notion that for as long as mankind has been in existence there has always been and will always be frequent times of self-doubt as we collectively discover and invent our way through the centuries.Without being copycats (or impostors) ourselves we would still be in the dark ages. You are not a fraud just because you don’t yet know the best way to do what you are doing. In fact, by being among the humans that are thrust into the light — even if it is a very stressful position to be in — your slight discomfort is proof of a need for some adaptation and more importantly can help expedite further evolution.I would be willing to bet that for every great milestone of mankind there was and will be a large number of people with coinciding stress and anxiety. Impostor Syndrome really seems to describe what it feels like to be in front of the line for an evolutionary milestone. This is also known as an opportunity to pioneer. A chance to nudge humans along their evolving path. SOMEONE has to be the first one to do the next unknown thing.If you are among those experiencing this impostor phenomenon you probably need to improvise your way through things occasionally. By stepping up to challenges you are actively adding data to the human-collective cloud. This is useful data that we get to draw from on a cellular level as humanity continues to thrive. EVEN IF you are winging it and you feel you are not as accomplished as the spotlight implies, your input is very real. You are not a phony.How do you suppose we got all the luxuries we use? Did you invent the wheel? How about sliced bread? Well someone did invent these things. Chances are, the people responsible for inventing the things we cherish also experienced the fear of uncertainty. They also probably felt like they could be exposed as a fraud — but WE LOVE sliced bread. And wheels.<p id="7cf4" ty

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pe="7">“Instead of listening to the voice of doubt that is nagging at you internally — listen to your marvelously human self. Trust your ability to be who everyone already sees you as.”<h2 id="d4b6">Creating the story as we experience it</h2>Do you think we have it rough? Imagine if you were the majestic force or higher power responsible for the ever-handy and amazingly genius machines called our bodies. Was that your contribution to the marvelous puzzles of mankind? In part yes.Could it be possible that you helped write the most impressive code ever known to our species? You know the code I refer to. Right? Hint: It is the self-adjusting-hardcoded-data-bank-built-to-use-immeasurable-materials-containing-the-sum-of-all-of-the-collective-lives-of-humanity? I am talking about DNA. Right. We all wrote a part of that code and we are all constantly updating and rewriting it too.If we didn’t have that handy DNA in our bodies then each individual ever born would have to invent all their own things we would all be stuck under a rock in the caves still. The simple fact is that humans as a species improve based on repeating the things other people have already done. There has been a lot of work completed on our behalf — and our bodies already know how to use the information stored in our DNA to enable us to survive and grow.Instead of listening to the voice of doubt that is nagging at you internally — listen to your marvelously human self. Trust your ability to be who everyone already sees you as.That is not really an impostor everyone is looking at. That is the manifestation of the future you — the improved version of you. If you still feel that you don’t measure up to the image conveyed about you, then congratulations.You are closer to becoming your best self with each passing moment. You really are capable and amazing when you accept all of the humans before your time as part of the mysterious unveiling of yourself.If you experience the crippling anxiety of the phenomenon known as Impostor Syndrome then you might just be on the verge of something as cool as sliced bread. High fives.</article></body>

Humanity Would Die-Off Without Impostor Syndrome

Those afflicted are likely just pioneers in modern clothing

Luxurious life

I don’t know about you but I like having my electricity on a neat and tidy switch on the wall. Lights on! Lights off! Ooh. Ahh.

Lightswitches are just one of a million conveniences we all get to enjoy in this gloriously evolved state of mankind. How did it all come to be?

Life as we know it with all its intricate little details and nifty buttons and shiny coverings became as it is now thanks to humans' natural instinct to mimic the successful people that came before them. Without this basic survival skill, of mimicking others, we would never have come out from under the prehistoric rocks. We would never have become civilized. We would not have evolved into intelligent, thriving beings. We will get back to this point, but first, let's examine something that keeps appearing in headlines over the last few years.

Impostors!

Consider a trending topic of our generation — Impostor Syndrome. This term gets thrown about loosely these days so it is our responsibility in this generation to communicate the origins and effects of such a trending trigger phrase.

The term Impostor Syndrome goes back to 1978 when Rose Clance PR and Susanna Imes SA studied high achieving women. Impostor syndrome (also known as the impostor phenomenon) was identified by Clance and Imes as a pattern of psychological responses to perceived unearned accomplishments.

Someone who experiences Impostor Syndrome often has a secret fear of being exposed as a fake. Even if the person afflicted has all the right training and education, they might describe constant anxiety over their perceived, undeserved accomplishments.

Stumbling in the spotlight

I assert the notion that for as long as mankind has been in existence there has always been and will always be frequent times of self-doubt as we collectively discover and invent our way through the centuries.

Without being copycats (or impostors) ourselves we would still be in the dark ages. You are not a fraud just because you don’t yet know the best way to do what you are doing. In fact, by being among the humans that are thrust into the light — even if it is a very stressful position to be in — your slight discomfort is proof of a need for some adaptation and more importantly can help expedite further evolution.

I would be willing to bet that for every great milestone of mankind there was and will be a large number of people with coinciding stress and anxiety. Impostor Syndrome really seems to describe what it feels like to be in front of the line for an evolutionary milestone. This is also known as an opportunity to pioneer. A chance to nudge humans along their evolving path. SOMEONE has to be the first one to do the next unknown thing.

If you are among those experiencing this impostor phenomenon you probably need to improvise your way through things occasionally. By stepping up to challenges you are actively adding data to the human-collective cloud. This is useful data that we get to draw from on a cellular level as humanity continues to thrive. EVEN IF you are winging it and you feel you are not as accomplished as the spotlight implies, your input is very real. You are not a phony.

How do you suppose we got all the luxuries we use? Did you invent the wheel? How about sliced bread? Well someone did invent these things. Chances are, the people responsible for inventing the things we cherish also experienced the fear of uncertainty. They also probably felt like they could be exposed as a fraud — but WE LOVE sliced bread. And wheels.

“Instead of listening to the voice of doubt that is nagging at you internally — listen to your marvelously human self. Trust your ability to be who everyone already sees you as.”

Creating the story as we experience it

Do you think we have it rough? Imagine if you were the majestic force or higher power responsible for the ever-handy and amazingly genius machines called our bodies. Was that your contribution to the marvelous puzzles of mankind? In part yes.

Could it be possible that you helped write the most impressive code ever known to our species? You know the code I refer to. Right? Hint: It is the self-adjusting-hardcoded-data-bank-built-to-use-immeasurable-materials-containing-the-sum-of-all-of-the-collective-lives-of-humanity? I am talking about DNA. Right. We all wrote a part of that code and we are all constantly updating and rewriting it too.

If we didn’t have that handy DNA in our bodies then each individual ever born would have to invent all their own things we would all be stuck under a rock in the caves still. The simple fact is that humans as a species improve based on repeating the things other people have already done. There has been a lot of work completed on our behalf — and our bodies already know how to use the information stored in our DNA to enable us to survive and grow.

Instead of listening to the voice of doubt that is nagging at you internally — listen to your marvelously human self. Trust your ability to be who everyone already sees you as.

That is not really an impostor everyone is looking at. That is the manifestation of the future you — the improved version of you. If you still feel that you don’t measure up to the image conveyed about you, then congratulations.

You are closer to becoming your best self with each passing moment. You really are capable and amazing when you accept all of the humans before your time as part of the mysterious unveiling of yourself.

If you experience the crippling anxiety of the phenomenon known as Impostor Syndrome then you might just be on the verge of something as cool as sliced bread. High fives.