Imposter Syndrome

Do you deserve your success? When we first heard of imposter syndrome, it was associated with the overachieving woman who joined the workforce when it was a hostile environment for women. But, if we extrapolate out the issue, we find that today, this issue affects both men and women equally and is very common in lawyers. So, let’s discuss the characteristics that could be stemming from your imposter syndrome and how you can overcome them.   In this episode we discussed: Five primary ways that we see imposter syndrome and how it tends to impact your law firm. How people who overwork tend to define success through doing. Imposter syndrome showing up through excessive goal setting. How perfectionists tend to be people who require perfection in themselves. Ways that imposter syndrome harms your law firm when looking at your unrealistic assessment of others. Putting a stop to undervaluing yourself. Identifying the failure to delegate   My Favorite Excerpt From The Episode: TIME: 00:35:44 (35 Seconds) And so oftentimes what's underneath the surface of people that can't see that, is this idea of luck. And what I tell people is there's no luck in business, right? I know that. I know that people like to hold on to the idea that some of us just get lucky. No, I didn't get lucky. I worked hard. But it isn't even that I just worked hard it's that I worked hard at the right things. That's really the key, the formula, right? It's working hard at the right things, and it's not landing at success. It's not arriving at success or happening upon success.   Contacts - Social Media Weekly LIVE Show every Thursday at Noon in Law Firm Mentor Movement on Facebook and Law Firm Mentor Movement on LinkedIn.    How to Be Decisive Podcast  https://www.lawfirmmentor.net/podcast/2021/08/20/how-to-be-decisive   Manifesting like a Motherf**ker Podcast https://www.lawfirmmentor.net/podcast/2021/09/24/manifesting-like-a-motherfker   Book a Session with our Growth Strategists https://www.lawfirmmentor.net/speak-with-a-growth-strategist    Allison Bio: Allison C. Williams, Esq., is the Founder and Owner of the Williams Law Group, LLC, with offices in Short Hills and Freehold, New Jersey. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, is Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney, and is the first attorney in New Jersey to become Board-Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in the field of Family Law. Ms. Williams is an accomplished businesswoman. In 2017, the Williams Law Group won the LawFirm500 award, ranking 14th of the fastest-growing law firms in the nation, as Ms. Williams grew the firm 581% in three years. Ms. Williams won the Silver Stevie Award for Female Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017. In 2018, Ms. Williams was voted as NJBIZ’s Top 50 Women in Business and was designated one of the Top 25 Leading Women Entrepreneurs and Business Owners. In 2019, Ms. Williams won the Seminole 100 Award for founding one of the fastest-growing companies among graduates of Florida State University. In 2018, Ms. Williams created Law Firm Mentor, a business coaching service for lawyers. She helps solo and small law firm attorneys grow their business revenues, crush chaos in business and make more money. Through multi-day intensive business retreats, group and one-to-one coaching, and strategic planning sessions, Ms. Williams advises lawyers on all aspects of creating, sustaining, and scaling a law firm business – and specifically, she teaches them the core foundational principles of marketing, sales, personnel management, communications, and money management in law firms.