Welcome to the podcast episode "How to Overcome Impostor Syndrome"! In this episode, we’ll consider the struggles of feeling like an impostor despite our achievements. As Seth Godin aptly said, "Assurances are futile," because what we believe about ourselves is what truly matters. In Segment 1, we'll uncover the roots of impostor syndrome and why it affects high achievers and those entering new domains. Childhood experiences, fear of failure, and attribution bias play significant roles in cultivating these feelings of unworthiness. Next, in Segment 2, we'll explore famous figures who have faced the impostor syndrome, like Maya Angelou, Tom Hanks, Neil Armstrong, and Albert Einstein. Despite their incredible accomplishments, they still grappled with feeling like frauds, highlighting the universality of this phenomenon. Instead of trying to overcome it, in Segment 3, we'll embrace the impostor syndrome and understand its normalcy. By changing our perspective, viewing life as an infinite game, and defining who we want to be, we can turn this feeling into a driving force for self-improvement. Positive self-talk, celebrating achievements, and focusing on continuous learning will help us navigate the journey to self-empowerment. Lastly, we'll draw inspiration from the story of Moses, finding strength in God's power during moments of self-doubt. Remember, it's okay to feel like an impostor; use it as motivation to become the best version of yourself. If you want to learn practical tips, techniques, and concepts on how to build emotional resilience, mental strength, and find meaning in life, follow this podcast. Thank you and to God be the glory!

We often hear the popular advice “stop comparing yourself” everywhere we look—on social media, from friends, family, and others. But what if, comparing yourself is the key to a productive and fulfilling life? On this episode, we’ll consider why you shouldn’t stop comparing yourself to others and what to do instead. We’ll talk about: ✅ The real reason why you CAN’T stop comparing yourself to others… ✅ How comparing yourself to others can be useful for you… ✅ The 4 kinds of comparisons we tend to do… ✅ How to make comparing yourself to others inspiring to you… ✅ The reality of comparing yourself to people on social media… Listen to this episode: ✅ Change Your Negative Self-Talk: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7JKxptGKrJerbBsDirruZR?si=5FxWLNxfTHiP2wQ0BEWZ6w ✅ How to Stop Feeling Mediocre: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3NlJyPPm5xmmZMqvIce3qB?si=qJUuC_8dT9eYgMTXPvLzoA If you want to learn practical tips, techniques, and concepts on how to build emotional resilience, mental strength, and find meaning in life, follow this podcast. Thank you and to God be the glory!

I recently received this question from “Maki”: What if I believe I’m currently an average person and I’m doing my best to improve; but the people around me are discouraging me? How to deal with that and not get affected?”

On this episode, we’ll consider how to handle criticisms and discouragement from other people. We’ll talk about:

✅ Why it’s CRITICAL for your survival to learn how to handle criticisms…

✅ Some of the most painful criticisms I’ve received in my entire life and how it helped me be the person I am today…

✅ The REAL reason why we’re easily affected by the comments of other people…

✅ What an ancient person who lived 700 years before Christ can teach you how to handle criticism…

✅ Three specific ways to stop feeling discouraged when people give negative feedback and criticize you…

Listen to these episodes:

✅ How to stop feeling mediocre: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3NlJyPPm5xmmZMqvIce3qB?si=kwiNU5evRNi13JoCsX1JiA

If you want to learn practical tips, techniques, and concepts on how to build emotional resilience, mental strength, and find meaning in life, follow this podcast. Thank you and to God be the glory!

When we see our friends and connections on social media succeed, there are only one of two reactions: we celebrate with them or feel jealous of other’s success. On this episode, we’ll consider why we feel jealous of other people’s success and what we can do about it. We’ll talk about: ✅ What REALLY happens when you’re jealous… ✅ The real reason WHY you feel jealous of what others have… ✅ Discover where jealousy comes from (it’s not exactly your fault)… ✅ Three techniques that helped me stop feeling jealous of other people’s success… ✅ The best way definition of success I’ve ever encountered after almost 10 years of searching for an answer… Listen to these episodes: ✅ Gamify Your Life: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4AZ48tUlcD1k659HTiMIuL?si=Jg-PoNonSuWCScpka_ub6w ✅ Change Negative Self-Talk: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7JKxptGKrJerbBsDirruZR?si=52N0LVNGQSaLRCpyiBFo9Q If you want to learn practical tips, techniques, and concepts on how to build emotional resilience, mental strength, and find meaning in life, follow this podcast. Thank you and to God be the glory!

Zig Ziglar once said, “nobody ever got blinded by looking at the brighter side of life.” During the darkest times in our life, we can still find some hope when we practice what Viktor Frankl calls “Tragic Optimism.” On this episode, we’ll explore what it is and consider how to find light during life’s darkest times. We’ll talk about: ✅ What tragic optimism is and is it practical… ✅ How finding the meaning in your pain can help you bear and overcome it… ✅ The difference between Tragic Optimism and toxic positivity… ✅ Five specific ways on how you can start practicing the attitude of finding hope during dark times… ✅ The promises of God we can hold on to during our lowest moments in life… If you want to learn practical tips, techniques, and concepts on how to build emotional resilience, mental strength, and find meaning in life, follow this podcast. Thank you and to God be the glory!

We’re always told that if we want to succeed, we need to be a go-getter. That we need to work hard to get that promotion, increase, relationship, happiness, and so on. But what if the secret to success is not being a go-getter, but a go-giver? In this episode, I reviewed this quick-to-read and knowledge-packed book and shared: ✅ Why you shouldn’t focus on how much you’re getting paid right—focus on this instead… ✅ What is the key to effective giving… ✅ The most valuable gift you can give to anyone… ✅ What to do if you want to build stronger relationships and deeper trust… ✅ How success is more than just achieving your personal goals, but also this one thing… If you want to learn practical tips, techniques, and concepts on how to build emotional resilience, mental strength, and find meaning in life, follow this podcast. Thank you and to God be the glory!

This episode is really special for me because it’s the first ever interview episode of The Consider This Podcast and I invited one of my earliest mentors to join me and consider the power of forgiveness. In this episode, Kuyapas Dannes Serrano and I talked on: ✅ What the Bible says about forgiveness… ✅ What a slave can teach you about forgiving people who hurt you… ✅ The secret to forgiving others… ✅ What to do when others say they forgive you but they still don’t trust you… ✅ The real reason why you can’t forgive yourself and what to do instead… ✅ How to forgive yourself for something unforgivable… ✅ The best answer I’ve heard to the question “How do you want to be remembered?” after asking hundreds of people about it… ✅ And so. Much. More! Give Kuyapas Dannes a follow here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kuyapasofficial Email: jumpstartsph@gmail.com If you want to learn practical tips, techniques, and concepts on how to build emotional resilience, mental strength, and find meaning in life, follow this podcast. Thank you and to God be the glory!

People always say that you need to learn how to face your fears. But how can you do that when you’re paralyzed by fear? On this episode, we’ll consider and explore the art of freaking out. You’ll discover about: ✅ What it feels like to recover from being a coward… ✅ What does fear REALLY mean… ✅ The three most common responses to fear… ✅ Why freaking out can help you face your fears… ✅ How to effectively freak out… If you want to learn practical tips, techniques, and concepts on how to build emotional resilience, mental strength, and find meaning in life, follow this podcast. Thank you and to God be the glory!

We’ve always believed that overthinking leads to worry, anxiety, or fear. But what if overthinking can make you happy? On this episode, we’ll consider the power of overthinking the right way. You’ll discover about: ✅ What overthinking REALLY is… ✅ Why we associate overthinking to negative things… ✅ The real reason why we have the tendency to think negatively… ✅ How overthinking can make you happy… ✅ 3 milestones to aim for to start practicing productive overthinking… If you want to learn practical tips, techniques, and concepts on how to build emotional resilience, mental strength, and find meaning in life, follow this podcast. Thank you and to God be the glory!

Do you ever feel like you’re making little to no progress at all? That you always ask yourself, “Is this REALLY going to be my life forever?” On this episode, we’ll consider how to stop feeling mediocre. You’ll discover about: ✅ The difference between being average and being mediocre (motivational content creators almost always gets this wrong)… ✅ What makes a person mediocre… ✅ Why mediocrity is costing you your life… ✅ Where does mediocrity REALLY come from… ✅ How to FINALLY stop feeling mediocre… If you want to learn practical tips, techniques, and concepts on how to build emotional resilience, mental strength, and find meaning in life, follow this podcast. Thank you and to God be the glory!

Did you know that sharing your feelings to everybody is false vulnerability? And it doesn’t help you! On this episode, we’ll consider why you should hide your feelings and what true vulnerability really means. You’ll discover about: ✅ What true vulnerability REALLY means… ✅ How living based on your emotions is ruining your life… ✅ Why hiding your emotions is good for you… ✅ The surprising benefits of real vulnerability (and reasons why you’d want to do it)… ✅ How to share your emotions the right way… If you want to learn practical tips, techniques, and concepts on how to build emotional resilience, mental strength, and find meaning in life, follow this podcast. Thank you and to God be the glory!

Self-reflection is about looking at your past and present and extracting lessons you can learn from your experience so you can apply it on your future or prevent problems from recurring. On this episode, we’ll consider how to self-reflect and the surprising benefits it brings.

You’ll hear about:

✅ What TRUE self-reflection is about…

✅ How self-reflection is different from worrying and causing yourself to feel anxious…

✅ Is self-reflection good? If so, when is the best time to self-reflect…

✅ The surprising technique one doctor discovered during his time in the Holocaust which helped him keep on living…

✅ How to self-reflect

If you want to learn practical tips, techniques, and concepts on how to build emotional resilience, mental strength, and find meaning in life, follow this podcast. Thank you and to God be the glory!

Eat the Frog by Brian Tracy is one of the best books when it comes to the subject of personal productivity. On this episode, we’ll have a book review of this and consider:

✅ How to set the table and define our goals…

✅ The truth about planning our day in advance…

✅ How to achieve things consistently…

✅ The importance of upgrading your skills…

✅ The one characteristic that will ensure you finish a lot of tasks quickly…

If you want to learn practical tips, techniques, and concepts on how to build emotional resilience, mental strength, and find meaning in life, follow this podcast. Thank you and to God be the glory!

Life is a game. But it’s not the kind of win-lose game self-help gurus often say and promote. In fact, when you apply the rules of a win-lose game to your life, there’s a high chance that you will live in frustration. In this episode, we’ll consider why you need to gamify your life and what rules you have to follow to make living worthwhile.

You’ll hear about:

✅ The surprising benefits of gamifying your life…

✅ How gamifying your life will prevent you from comparing yourself to others…

✅ The little-known rules of playing the game of life (Warning: if you’re feeling lost in life, it may be because you don’t know these rules)…

✅ The 7 parts of the game you need to ensure you will enjoy playing…

If you want to learn practical tips, techniques, and concepts on how to build emotional resilience, mental strength, and find meaning in life, follow this podcast. Thank you and to God be the glory!

What makes life worth living? This is an important question to ask because a lot of people today are living their life in silent desperation. They hide behind a mask and show the world they’re okay. Yet, deep inside, they feel like something’s missing. On this episode, we’ll consider: ✅ Two different ways to define what it means to live a worthwhile life… ✅ The one thing that will keep your life centered and grounded… ✅ What an 80-year long research says about the most important ingredient in living a happy life… ✅ How to benefit the most from painful experiences in life… ✅ The one aspect of life most motivational speakers and mental health advocates neglect and why it’s important… If you want to learn practical tips, techniques, and concepts on how to build emotional resilience, mental strength, and find meaning in life, follow this podcast. Thank you and to God be the glory!

On this episode, we’ll consider the book dubbed as “The Only Book You’ll Need To Read To Succeed”—How To Win Friends And Influence People by Dale Carnegie!

If you want to learn practical tips, techniques, and concepts on how to build emotional resilience, mental strength, and find meaning in life, follow this podcast. Thank you and to God be the glory!

What if stress is actually good for you and you just don’t know it yet? We’re all conditioned to want to live a “stress-free” life. That’s why you can see a lot of apps, books, videos, and viral posts about avoiding stress. The media keeps on drumming the concept of freedom from stress to us. But did you know that you’re missing A LOT of opportunities to grow when you shy away from stress?

In this episode, we’ll consider why stress is good for you! You’ll discover:

✅ The Two Kinds of Stress (one will break you and one will build you)…

✅ The surprising benefits of the right kind of stress and why you’re missing out if you try living a stress-free life…

✅ At what point does stress become unhealthy?

✅ 3 healthier ways to look at and win over stress…

✅ The one question you should ask yourself that will instantly shift how stress affects you…

If you want to learn practical tips, techniques, and concepts on how to build emotional resilience, mental strength, and find meaning in life, follow this podcast. Thank you and to God be the glory!

It’s absurd to think that you can live life with no regrets. It’s not only impossible, but it will also cause you to miss out on a lot of potential growth. Instead of worrying about regret and trying to live as if you can prevent it, why not embrace it? In this episode, we’ll consider why it’s impossible to live life with no regrets and how powerful this emotion is. You’ll discover: ✅ What regret REALLY is… ✅ The reason why NOBODY can live a life without regrets… ✅ The four kinds of regret people like us experience… ✅ The two responses to regret (and a Biblical example of these responses)… ✅ The kind of life we should live instead of wasting our life avoiding regrets… If you want to learn practical tips, techniques, and concepts on how to build emotional resilience, mental strength, and find meaning in life, follow this podcast. Thank you and to God be the glory!

Fast-break review for the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey. This one’s a classic and I still remember waking up at 2 am just to read this. It’s a book filled with lots of value and I’m excited to share those with you. If you want to learn practical tips, techniques, and concepts on how to build emotional resilience, mental strength, and find meaning in life, follow this podcast. Thank you and to God be the glory!

You are always in conversation with yourself, whether you’re conscious of it or not. But the problem is, we don’t always talk to ourselves in an uplifting, constructive, and positive way. On this episode, we’ll consider how to change our negative self-talk to positive self-talk. You’ll discover:

✅ What self-talk really is…

✅ The little-known signs of negative self-talk…

✅ The truth behind where negative self-talk comes from…

✅ The two kinds of mind you have (warning: whichever you feed will dictate the quality of your life)…

✅ The secret to eliminating negative self-talk and empowering yourself with positive self-talk…

If you want to learn practical tips, techniques, and concepts on how to build emotional resilience, mental strength, and find meaning in life, follow this podcast. Thank you and to God be the glory!