Fortune 500 CEO on how to overcome imposter syndrome

Fortune 500 CEO Thasunda Brown Duckett gave advice on how to beat imposter syndrome.

Transcript

00:00What I have learned is that the imposter cannot have the power.

00:04Because here's the point.

00:05When that imposter is starting to come in,

00:08if you operate with imposter syndrome,

00:11the lesson went to the imposter.

00:14The accolade went to the imposter.

00:17And then as you move through life,

00:19and there's an opportunity for you to lead a company

00:21or your next promotion, and you're not prepared,

00:25even though your life experiences would say you should be,

00:29it's because you gave all benefit to the imposter.

00:31And so in the moment that you want to decide

00:34to show up as you, you can't,

00:36because you never benefited from those hard moments.

00:40You never benefited from when you did a great job.

00:43And so now when there's that moment

00:45where you wanna come in and just be the true you,

00:48you're the one with the empty suit.

00:49And so then you go back to being the imposter.

00:52So you never grow.

00:53And so what I have learned is that my best shot

00:57at being the best leader

00:59is being the best version of Tashonda Brown Duckett.

01:01The best shot I have to learn from all of the learnings

01:05was to make sure that me, Tashonda, could feel it,

01:08could feel the rejection, could feel the insecurity,

01:11could feel the miss, but also could feel the triumph,

01:14to feel the accolades, to feel the progress.

01:17And so when the imposter syndrome hits, because it will,

01:21just ask yourself the question,

01:23who do you want to benefit from it today?

01:26The imposter or me?