How to Over Come Imposter Syndrome

I gave a talk on Imposter Syndrome in Android Academy Kano, Which i believe starting something new is very scary and if care is not taken its leads to imposter syndrome.

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1. How to overcome Impostor Syndrome Android Academy Kano January 26, 2019
2. Umar Saidu Auna • Android Developer since 2014 • Started GDG Minna 2014 • Graduate of BUK CS Student • Founded Sysbit Nigeria • Intern @ Flexisaf Edusoft • Volunteer @ Nigeria Red Cross Society @umarauna @android200
3. Impostor Syndrome
4. What is Impostor Syndrome? Impostor syndrome (also known as impostor phenomenon or fraud syndrome) is a concept describing individuals who are marked by an inability to internalize their accomplishments and a persistent fear of being exposed as a “fraud". -Source Wikipedia
5. Signs of Impostor Syndrome
6. You Have Difficulty Accepting Praise. You Tend to Discount Your Own Success. You Over Work Yourself. You always want to be at your Best. You think it’s too easy — that anyone could do it. ... ... ... ... ...
7. How to Over Come it...
8. Accept Who You are Have confidence that if you have done a little thing well, you can do a bigger thing well too. - David Storey
9. Attend Meet Up > Most Importantly Eat the free food > Ask Questions or Contribute
10. Build something and put it to the public Give access to feedback's
11. Using Technical Issues • Join Online Forum • Ask/Contribute to online Forum • Contribute to open source • Code Code and Code • Surround Yourself with positive people • and Again Believe in yourself
12. Keep Track of your Accomplishments
13. Stop comparing your self to that person
14. Say what you can
15. Accept that you have done some awesome apps and you are successful in it
16. Recognize that the perfect performer doesn’t exist, and that problems will pop up eventually
17. Pick something and practice it, regularly
18. Find one person you can say, “I feel like I have not achieved anything”
19. Reconsider your perception of failure
20. Get a Mentor
21. Know that No One is Perfect
22. Remember: being wrong doesn’t make you a fake person
23. Don’t be like Charles Babbage (Starting Something without finishing it)
24. Avoid Procrastination
25. “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering…” - Yoda
26. Thank you! Contact me: Twitter: @umarauna Email: umarmanofpeace@gmail.com