Inspiration Station - Exposing The Imposter - They Call Me Mista Yu

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Speaker 1 (00:07):
Thank you, welcome back to the All Purpose Pod for

(00:38):
an all-purpose life.
Wherever you are and howeveryou listen to, the Call Me Mr
you and the Inspiration Station.
Thanks again for making us partof your week.
So glad to have you back withus.
I'm excited about what we'vebeen seeing.
We've seen significant growthon many of our listening
platforms and, of course, on ourYouTube channel.
I'm loving that.

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That means that people arewatching the shows.
They're getting something outof it.
The comment sections are fullwith insightful, thoughtful
commentary and I just lovewhat's going on there.
So thank you again for all thecontributions you guys are
making to this.
I definitely appreciate it somuch, man.
But I want to get into somethingthat I've been.
It's been kind of a theme thepast several days and I kind of

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want to just keep it going alittle bit.
But I want to ask a question.
Do you guys remember theScooby-Doo cartoon?
The premise was the same.
They would get involved in somekind of mystery.
At the end there'd be a bigreveal and you find out that a
person who they thought theyknew or were familiar with was

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not who they thought and thenthey find out that the monster
or whoever was tormentingeverybody would be an actual
person with some kind of agenda.
You know, unmask the monster atthe end.
It's something that we grew upwatching one of my favorite
cartoons, to be honest.
But I love the premise of thatbecause I feel like, even though
we don't have situations andmysteries that we are in

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embroiled in like sc, scooby andShaggy and the crew were, we
have a similar opportunity tounmask an imposter, if you will.
And I love this because, eventhough it's not an easy subject
to talk about, especially whenit comes to those of you who I
know are in our listenership,that are content creators,

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entrepreneurs, podcasters, etc.
I know are in our listenership,that are content creators,
entrepreneurs, podcasters, etcetera.
I know that you deal with thiskind of stuff all the time.
I hear from you guys and Iunderstand that a lot of what we
talk about is confidential, but, generally speaking, we all
deal with some semblance ofimposter syndrome, so I
definitely want to get into it alittle bit.
You know we ask some questionsabout this because I think at

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this point, we need to askourselves are you pretending to
be something that you're reallynot?
Are you pretending to besomething that you're really not
.
I think it's important becausepeople talk about how they're
authentic and they're real andthey throw those terms around
like they're catchphrases andwhatnot, but in actuality
they're not always really beingreal.
But in actuality they're notalways really being real.

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They're presenting real butit's not actually who they are,
where they are, and sometimesbeing authentic and being open
about where you are is betterthan trying to have a bravado
about who you say you are.
There's a certain sportsanalyst we all know I won't get
the person's name because Idon't want to put spotlight on
them and this show is not reallyabout them but they're known

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for having bravado and having abig mouth and having a lot to
say.
But overall, the majority ofthe people who are listening
don't really respect the personand they call themselves being
real.
They present themselves asbeing authentic, but nobody
really believes them.
Nobody really believes thatthey're honest about who they
root for.

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As far as sports teams gohonest about their feelings
about certain issues and peoplein the media world and they
don't come off as believable.
Yeah, they're entertainingPeople watch them just because
it's kind of like watching thetrain wreck sometime, I guess
but nobody really believes thatthey are believable and
authentic and I think, at theend of the day, if you're a

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podcaster, content creator,media mogul, of any kind
entrepreneur, you want to berelevant, you want to be
believed, to be authenticbecause it's part of your brand,
you are your brand.
But imposter syndrome is a realthing, y'all, and we're trying
to engage people from all walksof life in the hopes that
they'll be like us, like we haveto say what we want to talk

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about, anything in our attemptto be relevant, and it's a
really present challenge for allof us.
We want to be real, we want tobe liked.
No matter what we say in tweets, in posts, we do want to be
liked.
No matter what we say in tweetsand posts, we do want to be
liked.
We often find ourselves in abattle of roles and
personalities.
We find ourselves in a strugglewho's going to be in charge

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when we hit record and step outinto this world and put our life
out here, in this public forum?
Who's going to be in charge?
Is it going to be themicromanager?
Who's going to be the manager?
Is it going to be the personwho is just hoping this works
and is not really sure aboutthemselves dealing with
self-esteem issues.
Who's going to be reallyrunning this show?

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Is it going to be the bossypersonality that just wants
everything to be right?
The producer types that wantseverything to be right down to
the very penny, down to thesecond?
A second who's going to be incharge?
It's a tug of war literallyevery single time that we step
out to create a new episode orto create content, whether it be
a newsletter or a blog thatsomebody's going to read.

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It's a tug of war continuallyand it's really time to unmask
the imposter.
We need to expose the imposterDeal with the fact that we're
not sure all the time, that wedon't know what's going to
happen.
We're not sure where.
With the fact that we're notsure all the time we don't know
what's going to happen.
We're not sure where to go next.
We're not even sure if we'regoing to even keep doing this
for the next 5, 10, 20 years.

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I think it's time for us to behonest about that.
We need to have goals.
Anybody that will tell youthat's been in business coaching
of any sort, they'll tell youbefore you start the business.
Have your end in mind beforeyou decide to even start that
business and make sure you knowwhen you plan to get out.
How much money do you want tomake, how many years do you want
to do this?
You had to have a plan beforeyou even start implementing it.

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It's the same thing with this.
Imposter syndrome is roughbecause it's basically defined.
Put that out there.
Imposter syndrome is defined asthe persistent inability to
believe that a person's successis deserved or has been
legitimately earned as a resultof one's skills or efforts.
So it doesn't matter how muchwork you do, how much efforts

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you bring to the table, youalways feel like you don't
deserve it, it's not good enough, it falls short in some way.
Excuse me, that happenspersistently.
Imposter syndrome is a realthing and, honestly, what I've
noticed for myself because Ihave a story myself as well I

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had some issues with dealingwith kind of not so much anxiety
but just some self-doubt aboutsome things.
You know we all deal with theanxiety part and struggling to
stay afloat and we have tobalance not losing what matters
most to us our families, oursanity, even even some of our
time for things that are reallyimportant in our life that we
put to the side so that we cando this kind of stuff.

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And you know we have to reallyrecognize what is most valuable,
what matters the most, andthat's the plight of the
podcaster.
I got so many friends that haveso many very different
situations.
Some haven't podcasted in twoor three years because they're
just dealing with stuff or can'tget schedules right.
I know some that have to takehiatuses almost 10 times a year

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because it's just too much.
And then there's some that havestarted it and have done it for
a while and now they can't takedoing it anymore.
They want to come back topodcasting and content creating
and whatnot.
And then there's some that aredoing four or five, seven days a
week.
They're recording something inthe hopes that they get looked
at, maybe, perhaps they'repicked up on somebody's network

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or become famous.
You know there's so manydifferent goals and hopes out
here that we have with all thesepeople who are doing some of
the same things that we're doing, like this show right here, and
imposter syndrome is a realthing.
But I will just encourage youguys.
There's a few things I thinkyou can do.
It's going to help you withexposing that syndrome and not
getting caught up in it to thepoint where it, you know, kind

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of crushes all the hopes andaspirations you have and puts
you in a negative, dark space.
You know, one thing is is beingin touch with your feelings.
I'm not the most emotional,sappy, sentimental, sentimental
person in the world.
I'm honest about that.
I know who I am, at least youknow.
But be in touch with yourfeelings, don't disregard it.
Check out what you're good withand what you're not good with.

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You know, be aware of that.
I know people who put in five,10 years of work and they've
scrapped it all just because ofa bad night.
Already.
They scrapped it all because ofa bad night, you know, and it's
like that's not a reasonableway to address the patient self.
If you have to take a break andyou just feel like emotionally
you're just not there, take abreak, don't record the show,

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don't send the content out,don't even go on the platform
where you would normally send itout.
Just don't do anything but rest, take care of you, spend time
meditating on what you need tobe, thinking about, what you
need to be dealing with, anddeal with that.
Secondly, celebrate the littlewins.
We don't do that often enough.
We're always looking for thebig wins, all the small ones.
It's nice, but I really wantthe big award.

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I want the big reward.
I want the big win.
Celebrate the little ones.
Pat yourself on the back, giveyourself some credit.
You're doing things in thisrealm that a lot of people have
only dreamed about.
I've met them.
That's how I know they talk tome about it.
That's how I know You're doingthings that they haven't even
come close to doing.
If you've been consistent for aweek, or even a month, that's

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more than most can say, so it'sall good.
Celebrate yourself.
Love on yourself a little bitand congratulate yourself.
This is a marathon, not asprint.
Nobody's perfect in doing whatwe do, and the little that
you're doing is a lot more thanmany others have.
There's room to grow, room toadjust, of course, but
definitely don't give yourself ahard time.
Stay in the fight and, lastly,just stay in network with people

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who are doing the same thingyou're doing, because in
isolation, that's where we losemomentum, that's where we lose
focus, that's where creativedrives get killed, because we
look at our situation only asthe most unique, and how bad it
is, and and how much of astruggle it is, and we don't
realize that in community oursituation is not as bad as we
thought.
Somebody has one worse thanours, 10 times worse.

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Even so, stay in community.
It'll give you perspective.
But just be thinking about that.
I feel like imposter syndrome issomething that we don't have to
ignore.
We know that it's real, we knowthat it's there, but we also
know that there's an answer tothis, and you know what?
Maybe you're not who you wantto be in, whatever genre you're

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working in, maybe you're notwhere you want to be at yet, but
you can get there.
It's doable, it's possible.
You don't have to lie and cheatand try to trick your viewers
and your listeners.
Just be authentic.
Do the best you can and don'ttry to copy anybody.
That's such a mistake.
Don't try to copy anybody'sstyle or their methods.
Create your own system fordoing what you need to be doing,

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and I believe that it's goingto all turn out to be good.
In the end.
You feel better about it.
You feel more accomplished andyou feel like you fulfilled
something because you had a goaland you said it and you
completed it.
Hope that makes sense.
Hope that helps out a littlebit.
We'll talk more about this onfuture episodes, but thanks
again for listening and pleasesubscribe to our YouTube channel
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