Is there such a thing as an inverted ego-trip?
Doing a brief search on this today I came upon the notion for reverse impostor syndrome. Which does not seem to be greatly overestimating your abilities and bullshitting rather it is having a realistic high assessment which is not yet matched by the perceptions of others. There is bias against the lack of overt pushy presentation and showing off. The book must be shiny and well branded. The highly strategic global vision introvert may not be so highly rated as the “gobshite” blagger snake oil salesman. There is apparently an issue in VC circles where surface performance is funded more readily than in depth potential. It is not the best investment on occasion. Founders can have reverse impostor syndrome; they know their ideas are good but everybody else has yet to catch up.
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- Imposter syndrome is other people thinking you’re good, but you still don’t believe it for yourself on the inside.
- Reverse imposter syndrome is knowing you are good, but others don’t believe it (as much as you know it to be true).
Wes Kao
VC-backed founder turned coach. Writing for 80,000+ operators on executive communication and influence at {newsletter.weskao.com}
It raises a philosophical idea.
If you think you know what you are talking about and this has significance are you on an attention seeking ego trip or is your assessment simply premature?
If the world at large is not interested or does not notice, who is mistaken them or you?
Who is kidding who?
If you don’t appreciate someone who know things well because they differ with your own views, exactly who is on an ego trip?
Can people use telekinesis to stop the penny from dropping, if so, for how long?
It is very easy when one is on an ego trip to point the finger at someone else and assert that it is they in fact who are on an ego trip…
Who defines, who is the expert, on what is and what is not an ego trip?
Expressions fall easily into the vernacular..
Far out….
Dreamyoga 