Personal Productivity: How to Achieve Your Creative Goals
Impostor Syndrome and Fear
A course by Jeff Fajans , Creative Performance and Leadership Coach
About the video: Impostor Syndrome and Fear
Overview
“Do you ever feel like an impostor (or is it impostEr — ahhh)? Do you ever doubt your own abilities to create great work? Do you worry about not being "good enough"? Are you afraid of being rejected by others? Do you ever feel paralyzed? All of these? Of course you feel like this! You are doing big, creative things that are stretching you out of your comfort zone, but I will help you reframe "impostor syndrome" into a positive indicator that you’re actually on the right path towards achieving your creative goals.”
In this video lesson Jeff Fajans addresses the topic: Impostor Syndrome and Fear, which is part of the Domestika online course: Personal Productivity: How to Achieve Your Creative Goals. Learn to create a momentum system to help you stay motivated by prioritizing your goals and overcoming creative blocks with confidence.
Partial transcription of the video
“Impostor Syndrome and Fear In the last lesson, you learned how to develop creative confidence. In this lesson, let's look at how to deal with impostor syndrome. Do you ever feel like an impostor and doubt your abilities to create great work? Do you feel like you're not good enough? Are you ever afraid of being rejected by others? Of course, you have. You're doing big creative things. What if I told you, you were looking at impostor syndrome all wrong? Jad Abumrad, Co-creator of Radiolab, describes this fiery mix of anxiety, doubt, fear, worry as gut churn. But the kicker is, he says, this i...”
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Jeff Fajans
A course by Jeff Fajans
Jeff Fajans is a creative coach from Dallas, Texas. He received a PhD in Positive Organizational Psychology at Claremont Graduate University, where he studied under the author of Flow, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. He is currently based in Denver, Colorado, where he is a full-time creative leadership coach for clients in creative industries around the world.
Throughout his career, he has helped clients like marketing executives, CEOs, startup founders, filmmakers, and artists reach their creative goals. He has worked as Head of Talent and Organization Development for agencies like Midnight Oil, IMAGINE, and QuiteOften. Jeff is also a passionate musician, and has been a guitar player and music creator for the past 25 years.
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