The Sunday Summary: Brave browsing, experience, Beeper, and gratefulness
The Sunday Summary: Brave browsing, experience, Beeper, and gratefulness In an effort to help me keep up with everything I post each week, here is my latest “Sunday Summary” of my posts from the week. Mon, June 3: A Brave new browser In an attempt to slowly de-Google my life, I’ve moved from Chrome to Brave for my daily browsing, and it was a pretty easy move. Tue, June 4: Do your years of experience matter? Having experience can be helpful, but it quickly becomes less helpful if you’re just ...
The algorithm can make social media really weird
The algorithm can make social media really weird While it seems the digital world is becoming more real-time, traditional social media is becoming more algorithm-driven and can lead to some weird posts. For example, here is a post from a friend that I saw earlier this year. The post appeared for me a few days after it was posted, and I have literally no idea what it was referring to.More recently was this one from another friend. It feels Olympics-related, but it was from a few days prior to ...
The Sunday Summary: Social media followers, value, and half-baked ideas
In an effort to help me keep up with everything I post each week, here is my latest “Sunday Summary” of my posts from the week. **Mon, May 6: The value of having social media followers is plummeting**More social networks are starting to move to algorithms that prioritize content over followers, meaning any piece of content has a chance to do well (or fail), regardless the number of followers that you have. **Tue, May 7: Value is what people perceive it to be**What is “value” to you? It’s what...
The Sunday Summary: Brave browsing, experience, Beeper, and gratefulness
The Sunday Summary: Brave browsing, experience, Beeper, and gratefulness In an effort to help me keep up with everything I post each week, here is my latest “Sunday Summary” of my posts from the week. Mon, June 3: A Brave new browser In an attempt to slowly de-Google my life, I’ve moved from Chrome to Brave for my daily browsing, and it was a pretty easy move. Tue, June 4: Do your years of experience matter? Having experience can be helpful, but it quickly becomes less helpful if you’re just ...
The algorithm can make social media really weird
The algorithm can make social media really weird While it seems the digital world is becoming more real-time, traditional social media is becoming more algorithm-driven and can lead to some weird posts. For example, here is a post from a friend that I saw earlier this year. The post appeared for me a few days after it was posted, and I have literally no idea what it was referring to.More recently was this one from another friend. It feels Olympics-related, but it was from a few days prior to ...
The Sunday Summary: Social media followers, value, and half-baked ideas
In an effort to help me keep up with everything I post each week, here is my latest “Sunday Summary” of my posts from the week. **Mon, May 6: The value of having social media followers is plummeting**More social networks are starting to move to algorithms that prioritize content over followers, meaning any piece of content has a chance to do well (or fail), regardless the number of followers that you have. **Tue, May 7: Value is what people perceive it to be**What is “value” to you? It’s what...
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It can be good to doubt yourself
I often struggle with a bit of imposter syndrome (“a psychological pattern in which an individual doubts their skills, talents or accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a fraud“), as do many people. It can feel like a bad thing, but I find that it has quite a bit of power.
I see a few ways that it can be beneficial:
As I shared a few years ago, it can help us to keep working on our skills. If you know you can be better, you’re more likely to keep pushing forward. It’s the opposite (the Dunning-Krueger Effect) that can slow us down.
It makes you more willing to receive feedback. Along the lines of the previous point, if you already think you’ve got things down, you’re unlikely to listen very closely to advice. However, if you’re feeling a bit imposter-ish, advice can be exactly what you seek.
Imposter syndrome and doubts can certainly spiral into a bad place, so I’m not suggesting you should beat yourself up all the time. However, knowing your limits and seeking to expand them is often a great place to push.
It can be good to doubt yourself
I often struggle with a bit of imposter syndrome (“a psychological pattern in which an individual doubts their skills, talents or accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a fraud“), as do many people. It can feel like a bad thing, but I find that it has quite a bit of power.
I see a few ways that it can be beneficial:
As I shared a few years ago, it can help us to keep working on our skills. If you know you can be better, you’re more likely to keep pushing forward. It’s the opposite (the Dunning-Krueger Effect) that can slow us down.
It makes you more willing to receive feedback. Along the lines of the previous point, if you already think you’ve got things down, you’re unlikely to listen very closely to advice. However, if you’re feeling a bit imposter-ish, advice can be exactly what you seek.
Imposter syndrome and doubts can certainly spiral into a bad place, so I’m not suggesting you should beat yourself up all the time. However, knowing your limits and seeking to expand them is often a great place to push.
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