Concepts connected to Imposter Syndrome
A few guests draw direct links between imposter syndrome and other ideas:
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Fake It Till You Make It — Gina Gotthilf frames it as a tool to overcome imposter syndrome, saying it is "a way to overcome imposter syndrome and by opening rooms for yourself to be who you want to become so that you enable opportunities to become that" Gina Gotthilf @ 1:28:47.
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Creative vs. Reactive Leadership — Ken Norton ties imposter syndrome to the reactive mindset of constant self-comparison: "this is the reactive mindset of I'm always comparing myself to that person, to that wave, that being, and seeing myself as lesser then" Ken Norton @ 54:21.
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Kryptonite — Donna Lichaw, pushed to explain how imposter feelings might actually serve someone, points to her own idea of "kryptonite" — things that look harmful but have a hidden function: "I have a whole chapter on kryptonite in the book... It's what I call kryptonite" Donna Lichaw @ 31:42.
A couple of other concepts come up in the same conversations without a guest spelling out the relationship: Working Backwards and Ownership (both in Ethan Evans's Fire Phone story), and Power Paradox (Jeffrey Pfeffer lists it alongside imposter syndrome as a way people "get in their own way").
Also related: Growth Mindset, AI Guilt, Friction, Techno-Optimism.