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Welcome to Stuff I Learned Yesterday. My name is Carrie Olsen. I’ve met the occasional person who doesn’t like cheese, and even the occasional one doesn’t like chocolate. But I’ve never met someone who doesn’t like either… besides me. I am that person. In today’s episode of Stuff I Learned Yesterday I share a lesson I learned about feeling like an imposter.
Today’s Fun Fact: On November 6, 1869, Rutgers and Princeton played what was billed as the first college football game. However, it wasn’t until the 1880s that a great rugby player from Yale, Walter Camp, pioneered rules changes that slowly transformed rugby into the new game of American Football. (From http://www.profootballhof.com/football-history/birth-of-pro-football/)
What I Learned Yesterday:
I love the online training industry, and I love to teach. So when I got into voice acting and people started asking me how I did it, it was only natural for me to share my knowledge by creating an online course. I put a lot of work into the course, and I’m really proud of it. And I spent a lot of time just dreaming about how it would impact the people’s lives who took it. It never once occurred to me that there may be people out there who wouldn’t appreciate it.
Well, I discovered quickly that not everyone gets excited when a someone offers a course, product, or service in their field. And I started letting some of the negative feedback get to me. I found myself feeling like an imposter, which is especially hard for someone like me who, for some reason, was under the impression that if I created something, of course everyone would love it. I found myself asking questions like, “Who am I to teach this stuff? Why would anyone listen to me?” I thought, “I’m not qualified to be in this space, especially compared to [fill-in-the-blank awesome legendary teacher].” But, in light of some of this negative, or at least less than positive chatter, I was getting notes from people who had taken my class and attended my webinar saying things like, “Thank you so much for putting on this class! I feel like I have a direction and goal in my life now, and I know have support along the way,” and “I can’t tell you how much I appreciate you, thanks for providing this course!” In addition to that, in the quiet moments, when it was just me working on my course without any outside noise, I was loving it. I truly enjoyed the process of creating the course and making it available for others to learn from.
Here’s what I learned.
When you put yourself out there, you have to be prepared to get feedback that is less than positive. Not everyone is going to love what you do, and that’s okay. You just have to keep focusing on the people who are serving through your efforts, as well as the sense of purpose that you get from doing your best work.
I’m Carrie Olsen and this has been stuff I learned yesterday.
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