创业者如何克服“江湖骗子综合症”

    4. 行动起来，不必等到万事俱备

    许多创业者觉得自己像骗子，是因为他们一直在等待，却从不付诸行动。他们希望发布一款新产品或改变公司的发展方向，但却始终没有勇气付诸行动。他们只是在心里盘算着要行动起来。

    在生活中，只想不做也会让创业者觉得自己像骗子。他们知道自己想要什么，想成为什么样的人，却从来不去做，结果总觉得自己就是骗子。

    5. 直面失败。

    有些创业者批评其他公司，但在自己的工作中却始终不敢有大胆的举措，这种人才是真正的骗子。停留在了解其他创业者的成功与失败上，是远远不够的。

    你终归要投入创业当中，经历第一次成功或失败，亲身经历这些事情。你失败了，你就不可能是骗子。因为失败意味着你在努力做事。你是真实的。

    6. 展露真实自我。

    要永久消除“骗子综合症”唯一的方法，就是始终向所有人展示真实的自己。不要为自己或公司树立一个虚假的形象。如果你的公司很小，那就接受这个事实。

    对客户保持透明，并利用公司很小这个事实与他们进行更密切的互动。找到双方在思想、语言和行动中的共同点。虽然做起来很难，但你能从中得到真正的自由。

    7. 自嘲一下。

    在公司中发现幽默元素。人们会更喜欢你和你的公司。你也会得到更认真的对待。事实上，有研究发现，位高权重者的自嘲式幽默，可以增加他们的吸引力。

    8. 寻求帮助。

    自信的创业者从来不怕说“我不知道”，而且他们会紧接着说“你能帮我吗？”作为创业者，你不可能一个人完成所有事情。如果你以为不必寻求帮助，仅靠自己就能创造奇迹，你最终会觉得自己才是最大的骗子。

    一个人只有两只眼睛和两只耳朵。你需要拓展人脉，拿出时间学会如何利用其他人的智慧，让自己听得更多，看得更远。当你遇到困境时，他们的洞察力将让你受益匪浅。

    9. 进行详细的规划。

    临场发挥会让你感觉自己是骗子。不为公司制定充分的计划，是面临压力的创业者为释放压力所采取的另外一种错误手段。

    他们认为，临场发挥可以让他们不必为失败负责。这种想法是错误的。

    结果才是最重要的。仅有一个好的开始并不够。你必须有始有终。没有任何一项计划能够在现实面前“毫发无损”。世事无常，计划赶不上变化。但这并不意味着你不需要预测可能出现的障碍，并为之做好准备。

    10. 推倒偶像。

    如果你能接受其他人也是骗子的观念，你就不可能再认为自己是骗子。你与其他成功创业者唯一的区别是时间和精力。他们能做的任何事，你一样能做到。

    太多人将伟大的创业者或他们的伟大之处，一律看作是他们获得了某种特殊恩赐。这与事实相去甚远。每一位创业者总会在某个时刻感觉自己是骗子。所有创业者都在努力让自己做得更好。（财富中文网）

    译者：刘进龙/汪皓

    审校：任文科

    4. Act before being ready.

    Many entrepreneurs feel like impostors because they wait and wait to take action. They want to launch a new product or change the direction of their business but never have the guts. They just think about acting.

    Thinking without acting makes entrepreneurs feel like impostors in their own lives. They know what they want and who they want to be but never move toward it, leaving them feeling like a phony.

    5. Encounter failure firsthand.

    Entrepreneurs who critique other businesses but never dare to take great leaps in their own work are the real impostors. Reading about other entrepreneurs’ failures and successes only goes so far.

    Sooner or later you have to plunge in and start succeeding or failing first, experiencing things firsthand. You can’t be a fake and fail at the same time. If you’re failing, you’re doing it. You’re real.

    6. Expose your true self.

    The only way to destroy imposter syndrome forever is to be exactly who you are to everyone all the time. Don’t prop up a fake image of yourself or your business to others. If your business is small, let it be small.

    Be transparent with customers and use the fact that your company is minute to interact more closely with them. Align your thoughts, words and actions as much as possible. It can be hard to do but there’s real freedom associated with this.

    7. Laugh at yourself.

    Find the humor in your business. People will like you and your business more. And, you’ll be taken more seriously. In fact, studies show that self-deprecating humor by high-status people increases their attractiveness.

    8. Ask for help.

    Confident entrepreneurs are not afraid to say, “I don’t know” and then follow it up with “Can you help me find out?” As an entrepreneur, you can’t do everything yourself. Entrepreneurs who try to move mountains all on their own without ever asking for assistance will end up feeling like the biggest imposters of all.

    You only have two eyes and two ears. You need to network and invest time in learning to tap into other people’s wisdom so you can see and hear more. Then when you get stuck, you can benefit from their insights.

    9. Plan all the way to the end.

    Winging it will make you feel like a phony. Failing to fully plan for your business is another technique that entrepreneurs make the mistake of doing to try to relieve pressure in their stressful situation.

    They think that winging it or making things up as they go will prevent them from being held accountable if they fail. This is not true.

    The ending is everything. It’s not enough to have a great start. You must finish what you start. Sure, no plan survives contact with reality unscathed. Things happen. Plans change. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try to foresee and prepare for the possible obstacles that may arise.

    10. Knock down pedestals.

    It’s impossible to feel like an impostor once you accept that everyone else is an impostor, too. The only thing that separates you from the successful entrepreneurs of the world is time and effort. Anything that they can do, you can do.

    Too many people see great entrepreneurs or greatness in general as some kind of special thing that has to be assigned them. Nothing could be further from the truth. Every entrepreneur feels like an impostor at one time or another. All entrepreneurs are trying to be better versions of themselves.