{"id":22818,"date":"2025-09-21T00:40:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T00:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=22818"},"modified":"2025-09-21T00:40:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T00:40:26","slug":"how-to-beat-impostor-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=22818","title":{"rendered":"How to Beat Impostor Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleParagraph_root__4mszW\" data-flatplan-paragraph=\"true\"><em>This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight. Sign up here to get it every Saturday morning.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleParagraph_root__4mszW\" data-flatplan-paragraph=\"true\">Good news: If you\u2019re worried you might be a phony, there\u2019s a good chance you\u2019re the real deal. \u201cThe <em>true<\/em> phony is convinced they\u2019re not one,\u201d Arthur C. Brooks explained earlier this summer. But no matter what the facts, your experiences, or other people tell you, it can be hard to believe that your own talents and strengths are genuine. Brooks lists a few ways to beat the strong pull of impostor syndrome, starting with an important one: Don\u2019t talk to yourself like someone you hate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleParagraph_root__4mszW\" data-flatplan-paragraph=\"true\">Today\u2019s newsletter explores how to be honest with yourself\u2014and, by extension, with other people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleParagraph_root__4mszW\" data-flatplan-paragraph=\"true\"><strong>On Honesty<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleParagraph_root__4mszW\" data-flatplan-paragraph=\"true\">How to Know You\u2019re Not a Phony<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleParagraph_root__4mszW\" data-flatplan-paragraph=\"true\">By Arthur C. Brooks<\/p>\n<p>Impostor syndrome can certainly harm your happiness. Here are three ways to get over it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleParagraph_root__4mszW\" data-flatplan-paragraph=\"true\">Read the article.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleParagraph_root__4mszW\" data-flatplan-paragraph=\"true\">The Club Where You Bare Your Soul to Strangers<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleParagraph_root__4mszW\" data-flatplan-paragraph=\"true\">By Taylor Prewitt<\/p>\n<p>An evening with the \u201cauthentic-relating\u201d movement, playing games designed to build intimacy (<em>From 2017<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleParagraph_root__4mszW\" data-flatplan-paragraph=\"true\">Read the article.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleParagraph_root__4mszW\" data-flatplan-paragraph=\"true\">Quit Lying to Yourself<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleParagraph_root__4mszW\" data-flatplan-paragraph=\"true\">By Arthur C. Brooks<\/p>\n<p>Real happiness starts with telling yourself the truth, even when it hurts. (<em>From 2021<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleParagraph_root__4mszW\" data-flatplan-paragraph=\"true\">Read the article.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleParagraph_root__4mszW\" data-flatplan-paragraph=\"true\">Still Curious?<\/p>\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li>You\u2019ve been lied to about lying: The conventional wisdom about how to spot a liar is all wrong.<\/li>\n<li>Honesty is love: Sharing hard truths might be uncomfortable, but it\u2019s a surer route to happiness than hiding them, Arthur C. Brooks wrote in 2022.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"ArticleParagraph_root__4mszW\" data-flatplan-paragraph=\"true\">Other Diversions<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleParagraph_root__4mszW\" data-flatplan-paragraph=\"true\">P.S.<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of Becky L.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleParagraph_root__4mszW\" data-flatplan-paragraph=\"true\">I recently asked readers to share a photo of something that sparks their sense of awe in the world. \u201cBird watching, in our backyard and while traveling, never fails to instill a sense of wonder in me,\u201d Becky L., 54, from Santa Fe, New Mexico, writes. \u201cSuch beautiful creatures capable of vast migrations and aerial acrobatics! Recently, on a hike with our son in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo mountains in our new home of Santa Fe, we watched a young Cooper\u2019s hawk alight on a tree right above us as it stalked something nearby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleParagraph_root__4mszW\" data-flatplan-paragraph=\"true\">I\u2019ll continue to feature your responses in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleParagraph_root__4mszW\" data-flatplan-paragraph=\"true\">\u2014 Isabel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight. Sign up here to get it every Saturday morning. 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