How Imposter Syndrome affects your productivity?

 Waqar Ahmed | CEO The Productivity Science

Let’s be real everyone has their own share of good and bad experiences in life. It is the way life works. But that does not stand to bring any personal harm. Some people (mostly the majority of us) sometimes feel inside that there is something missing in this life, we think that we haven’t achieved something we always wanted to achieve. That feeling slowly grabs our mind’s energy into thinking that we might not be as competitive as one needs to be. And this thinking intensity takes us down the water slide and puts us in a bubble where insecurities completely take over on us. We start reevaluating the purpose of life and every conclusion that we make has everything but a positive hope about our future self.

This is what we call the Imposter Syndrome. Thinking about own self as an incompetent person or maybe out of league from the world capacity. To be honest, this definition narrowly addresses the actual experience that any person goes through who is facing Imposter Syndrome.

The first impact that any person with Imposter Syndrome feels is that he is continuously becoming a non-productive person in life, even though he might be doing great in others' eyes. It shows that a person with this condition finds everything incomplete and voluntarily puts oneself behind the shadowy glass.

Imposter Syndrome is nothing but a figment of mind that forces a person to believe in illusionary elements devoid of metaphysical world reality. But it is also true that this invisible foe is strong enough to shatter any person’s dreams and hard-earned success. When you don’t feel appreciated from the inside, no matter how much amount of recognition you get from outside the world, it would not be enough to bring back your peaceful sleep time. To feel good, one must find purpose within.

Self-doubt is sometimes healthy but when taken to the extreme, it could be harmful. Therefore, one must avoid getting into this vicious thinking loop. Always stand to the morals and live up to the feel-good factor in life. Appreciate the goodness in life and avoid any negative company that affects your mental and physical health. Start focusing on things that bring happiness and interact with those people who add value. Read a book that improves your thinking pattern. Falling down the trap of insecurities is normal but you just need to build a strong mental attitude that helps you cope up with that evil element.

If you think your life is not improving and you can’t get rid of negative thoughts, try to change your diets both physical and mental. Change the environment and talk to people who you believe will provide any kind of solution to this issue. Try living up the life and avoid wasting time on things that don’t bring happiness in life. Invest your free time in doing the art or even writing about your personal life. Listen to productive life podcasts and indulge yourself in books that you like reading the most. Find a hobby that brings calmness to your life.

"For the doubts and negativities to go down, you just need to focus on positive aspects that can add up to your mental belief about the possibilities to create happiness in life."

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