
Al Daheeh
The Dumbest Person in the Room
S9 • E37 Sep 27, 2024 25m
Have you ever felt like you don't understand what you're doing? And that you've tricked people into thinking you do? You may be suffering from imposter syndrome. "Impostor syndrome" is a psychological pattern in which a person doubts their accomplishments and fears being exposed as not up to those accomplishments, despite evidence of their competence. This episode discusses this pattern that many great people throughout history have suffered from. The episode also asks about the relationship between competence and self-confidence, and where do our self-doubts originate?