Why Imposter Syndrome Can Actually Be a Good Sign

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1:12That's called imposter syndrome, of course. It's completely natural. It only really doesn't happen to one group that I've found. to people who really are impostors. Dark triads in business or in personal life are people who are above average in three characteristics. Narcissism, it's all about me. Machiavellianism, I'm willing to do what it takes, including hurting you, to get my way. And psychopathy, to be psychopathic, which is to say, I'm gonna hurt you and feel no remorse. You might think that that's super rare. It's not. One in 14 people in the population is above average on those three characteristics.

1:48Here's the truth. If you're doing really well in your career and you're being rewarded for it, and you're a good, normal, healthy person, you're gonna sorta wonder, is this earned? What you're doing here as a healthy person is that you know what you're good at, you know what you're not good at. Well guess what the world sees, what you're good at, that's why you're getting ahead. What do they not see? The things that only you see.