Dealing with Imposter Syndrome - Short 134

HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs · Dec 7, 2021 · 10m

Bryan discusses impostor syndrome, what it is, and how it may actually be useful for us.

When we feel that we're frauds and that others wouldn't like to be led by us if they knew how much we don't know, we're experiencing impostor syndrome. Contrary to what others might believe, impostor syndrome isn't all that bad and may even be necessary for a healthy self-image.

On the other side, we have the Dunning-Kruger effect, which is when people are confident in the things they have very little actual knowledge of. They think they're experts and close themselves off to other sources of knowledge…