Impostor Syndrome with Kris Kelso

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Our episode guest is Kris Kelso, CEO at The Kelso Group. He is a keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and author of “Overcoming The Impostor: Silence Your Inner Critic and Lead with Confidence.”
Five things you’ll learn from this episode:

1. What impostor syndrome is
2. What the opposite of impostor syndrome is
3. Why impostor syndrome is more common in high achievers
4. How the Peter Principle relates to impostor syndrome
5. How to overcome impostor syndrome

Quotables

• “Humble confidence is your confidence being in the ability that you have to learn and adapt and grow.” — @kriskelso
• “It's the ability to say, I may not have all the answers, but I believe I can find the answers and I may not have achieved everything I want to achieve, but I believe that I'm on the path to getting there.” — @kriskelso
• “Don’t value yourself by comparing yourself to others.” — @kriskelso
• “The only person that I need to be better than is me yesterday.” — @kriskelso
• “Success is built on the learning that comes through failure. And so when that inner critic wants to tell you, ‘You're at risk of failure, you better back up,’ the mindset shift that you can use to combat that fear is failure is learning.” — @kriskelso
• “Community without vulnerability will feed your impostor syndrome, but community with vulnerability will starve it.” — @kriskelso

About Kris Kelso

Kris Kelso is a keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and author of “Overcoming The Impostor: Silence Your Inner Critic and Lead with Confidence.” Trained and certified as an executive coach, Kris has worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs, business owners, and their leadership teams. He is a faculty instructor at the Professional Christian Coaching Institute, an adviser and instructor at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, and a contributing writer for publications including Fast Company Magazine, Yahoo Finance, and The Nashville Business Journal.

Guest’s contact info and resources:

• Listen to more episodes of the On Top of PR podcast
• Find out more about Axia Public Relations
• Find Kris Kelso on Twitter
• Connect and learn more about Kris Kelso on LinkedIn
• Visit kriskelso.com for more information.

Additional Resources:

• https://www.kriskelso.com/ontopofpr/
• Stop telling women they have impostor syndrome (regarding Kris's concerns about the article)

Additional Resources from Axia Public Relations:

• The three types of PR agency clients.

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