
Ep 114 Career: Overcoming fear and self-doubt
04/26/21 • 41 min
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The pandemic has grown and magnified many people's fears and imposter syndrome. We have all been forced into a huge amount of change in a short amount of time, and those new and old fears are starting to manifest in bad ways for a lot of people and companies. In this episode, we will look at why fear and self-doubt grow in people, leaders, and companies, the 6 types of fears creatives often suffer from, and our mindsets that often feed those fears.
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The pandemic has grown and magnified many people's fears and imposter syndrome. We have all been forced into a huge amount of change in a short amount of time, and those new and old fears are starting to manifest in bad ways for a lot of people and companies. In this episode, we will look at why fear and self-doubt grow in people, leaders, and companies, the 6 types of fears creatives often suffer from, and our mindsets that often feed those fears.
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The Crazy One - Ep 114 Career: Overcoming fear and self-doubt
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What's going on, everybody? And welcome into the 114th episode of the Crazy One Podcast. As always, I'm your host, Stephen Gates, and this is the show where we talk about creativity, leadership, design, and everything else that helps to empower creative people. Now, you can listen to all the shows, get the show notes, and a whole lot more if you just head over to thecrazyone.com. It's the words thecrazy and the numberone.com. Do me a favor, hit the subscribe button on your favorite podcast pla
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