#40 - Overcoming Imposter Syndrome with Mo Goltz
Career Therapy Podcast e.40 - Overcoming Imposter Syndrome, with UX Researcher, Strategist, and Designer Mo Goltz
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On this week's Career Therapy Podcast (#40), we welcome Mo Goltz to talk about his journey overcoming imposter syndrome.
Mo is a UX Researcher, Design Strategist, and UX Designer at Grand Studio – and a recent Career Therapy success story! Tune into the episode to hear his story and learn some great tips on how to build confidence and find success in your job search.
During this Episode, We Discuss:
0:00 Imposter Syndrome intro
2:00 Why imposter syndrome is similar to anxiety
3:25 no one goes in a straight line to get to working to tech
4:00 why Silicon Valley and Portlandia aren’t even that far outside reality
6:55 on that one scene in Jurassic Park with Chris Pratt and the velociraptors
8:00 The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women by Valerie Young
11:30 ‘Ask like a Pro’ course
11:50 practice + guidance = confidence
14:30 other people saw him totally differently
15:35 Zen Buddhism idea of believing something fully
18:00 dialectical behavioral therapy
18:26 Fail forward and learn
21:55 finding a calm and succinct way of explaining
23:40 what allowed [Mo] to slow down?
24:50 why you’re not going to win at your career if you treat it like a job 26:55 why you don’t have control
29:00 Beyoncé, Maroon 5, Adam Levine, and The Beatles
30:25 “positivity porn” / “toxic positivity”
32:15 the secret to all of this is that Beyoncé still fails — iteration
34:00 Mo just wanted to learn photoshop to create t-shirts
35:30 it all relates back to Zen Buddhism
37:45 Seth Godin’s work in relation to moving the needle
39:30 NATO — have the outcome in mind but don’t be attached to it
41:10 just because you’re not attached, doesn’t mean you don’t care
42:00 “you never had the job in the first place — it’s just rental”
48:00 you need to have a good enough relationship with ourselves before you go talk to anyone else
48:25 Belong, by Radha Agrawal
49:15 all of this is about attitude
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Now Over To You!
If you know anyone who has been hustling, or started a business, during the pandemic, and has an amazing story to share, let us know who they are! Alternately, if you, or someone you know has recently gone through a layoff, or has a layoff, or any other career transition-oriented story to share, reach out. Contact Martin through his personal LinkedIn page to get in touch. We're always on the lookout for amazing guests for the cast.
As always, thanks for listening!
