Name: 害怕自己沒能力？別擔心！帶你破解高階主管的「冒牌者症候群」！ (Why Smart People Struggle With Imposter Syndrome
Uploaded: 2026-02-26T04:26:04.000Z
Duration: 18 min 51 s

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If you've always been the smart one, the high achiever, the go to person, the one that people turn to for the answers, you would think that confidence would just come easily, naturally, but

如果你一直都是聰明、表現優異、大家有問題都會找你、都會向你尋求答案的那個人，你可能會覺得自信應該是輕而易舉、自然而然就會有的，但

In fact, I found that some of the most brilliant people I've supported or mentored, the Fortune 500 execs, the PhDs, the founders, they are often the ones most consumed by self doubt.

事實上，我發現我支持或指導過的一些最聰明的人，像是 Fortune 500 的高階主管、博士、創辦人，他們常常是最被自我懷疑所困擾的人。

So if you've ever doubted yourself, if you've ever felt like you don't deserve to be where you are, or felt like your confidence hasn't quite caught up to your competence or experience, this is for you.

所以，如果你曾經懷疑自己，如果你曾經覺得自己不配擁有現在的一切，或者覺得自己的自信跟不上你的能力或經驗，這集就是為你準備的。

In this episode, I'll walk you through three surprising ways that your intelligence might actually be sabotaging your self belief, and

在這集節目中，我會帶你瞭解三個意想不到的方式，你的聰明才智其實可能正在破壞你的自信，以及

three practical strategies to build self trust, to own your success and finally feel like you belong in the room.

三個實用的策略，來建立自我信任，肯定你的成功，並且最終讓你覺得自己配得上這個場合。

The first thing we need to do is get clear on what we're dealing with.

我們首先要做的是釐清我們面對的是什麼。

How many people do you think have actually experienced imposter syndrome?

你覺得有多少人真正經歷過冒牌者症候群呢？

A study from the Journal of General Internal Medicine found that up to 82% of people.

《Journal of General Internal Medicine》的一項研究發現，高達 82% 的人。

Yes, that's 8 out of 10, experienced it at some point in their lives.

沒錯，這表示十個人裡就有八個人，在一生中的某個時刻都經歷過。

So let's look at the real, real reason confidence drops when competence rises.

所以，我們來看看為什麼能力越高，自信反而會下降的真正原因。

The more you know, the more aware you become of what you don't know.

你懂得越多，就越清楚自己還有哪些不懂的地方。

This was the core finding of researchers David Dunning and Justin Krueger.

這就是研究人員 David Dunning 和 Justin Krueger 的核心發現。

They discovered that people with low ability tend to overestimate themselves because they don't yet know enough to realize what they're missing.

他們發現，能力較差的人往往會高估自己，因為他們還不知道自己錯過了什麼。

But as your skills grow, so does your awareness.

但隨著你的技能成長，你的認知也會跟著提升。

You see the complexity, you recognize the gaps, and ironically, that's the moment your confidence dips.

你會看到複雜性，你會意識到自己的不足，諷刺的是，就在那個時刻，你的自信反而會下降。

Even as your competence is rising, at the start of anything new, maybe a job, a new business, a skill, your confidence is weirdly high.

即使你的能力正在提升，在任何新事物剛開始的時候，也許是新工作、新事業、新技能，你的自信都會異常地高。

It's being on what researchers call the peak of Mount Stupid.

這就是研究人員所說的「愚蠢之巔」。

You don't know enough to feel intimidated.

你還不知道自己有多少東西不懂，所以不會感到害怕。

You suddenly realize how much there is to learn, and

你突然意識到還有好多東西要學，

your confidence takes a nosedive into the valley of despair.

你的自信心就會一落千丈，掉進絕望的山谷。

Now that's the rough part, and that's the part where most people question themselves.

這就是最艱難的部分，也是大多數人開始質疑自己的時候。

It's also the part where most people give up or quit.

這也是大多數人放棄或停止學習的時候。

If you stay the course, if you keep practicing, learning, applying, you start climbing again.

如果你堅持下去，如果你持續練習、學習、應用，你就會開始重新爬升。

And that's called being on the slope of enlightenment.

And then eventually you will reach the plateau of sustainability.

然後最終你會到達「永續高原」。

That's the kind that's built on earned experience.

這就是透過實際經驗累積而來的。

So for most Confidence rises with competence once you get past the peak of Mount Stupid, of course.

所以，一旦你度過了「愚蠢山峰」，自信就會隨著能力一起提升。

But here is where imposter syndrome actually flips the script.

但這正是冒牌者症候群會扭轉局勢的地方。

If you feel like a fraud, it's not because you're incompetent.

如果你感覺自己像個騙子，那不是因為你能力不足。

It's usually because your confidence is stuck in the valley of despair while your objective competence is soaring.

這通常是因為你的自信卡在「絕望之谷」，而你的客觀能力卻在飛速進步。

So you are getting more experience, you're learning, you're growing, but your confidence is not growing with it.

所以你獲得了更多經驗，你學習了，你成長了，但你的自信並沒有隨之成長。

So you've become almost so good that you can see what others miss.

所以你變得非常厲害，厲害到能看到別人忽略的東西。

But instead of feeling accomplished, it feels like luck.

但你感覺到的不是成就感，而是運氣。

Like it could all fall apart at any second.

There was a point in my career when I thought maybe another degree will finally shut down the doubt.

在我職涯的某個階段，我曾想或許再拿個學位就能徹底打消疑慮。

So I did an MBA to prove that I was capable.

所以我去讀了 MBA，證明自己有能力。

I started my PhD to feel like I was of value.

我開始讀博士，想讓自己感覺有價值。

When I was a PhD candidate, I would sit in rooms full of brilliant minds and immediately felt like I had to prove that I deserved to be there.

讀博士的時候，我會坐在滿是聰明人的房間裡，立刻覺得自己必須證明配得上待在那裡。

Even though I had co founded a global company, I'd worked with Fortune 500, I'd built an audience of millions.

即使我曾共同創辦一家跨國公司，和財星 500 大企業合作過，建立過數百萬的粉絲群。

But the moment I was around academics and professors, I felt like I absolutely didn't belong.

但只要一和學者、教授們在一起，我就覺得自己完全不屬於那裡。

But what opened my eyes wasn't so much my experience, it was watching the other PhD candidates in the room.

但讓我開竅的，與其說是我的經驗，不如說是觀察房間裡其他博士候選人的樣子。

These were some of the most accomplished people that I'd ever met.

這些是我遇過最傑出的一些人。

Because getting into a top doctoral program isn't exactly easy.

因為要進入頂尖的博士班，並不是件容易的事。

I could see in how they were hesitating to speak up, how they were over explaining to sound smart.

我看見他們猶豫著不敢發言，看見他們過度解釋來顯得聰明。

They were all trying to feel like they belonged too.

他們都在努力讓自己感覺融入。

And part of it is because the more competent and intelligent someone is, the higher their internal standard for what counts as good enough.

其中一部分是因為，一個人越有能力、越聰明，他們對「夠好」的標準就越高。

They're also usually acutely aware of what they don't know and what they haven't mastered yet.

他們通常也很清楚自己不知道什麼、還沒掌握什麼。

And that's called metacognitive awareness.

It's actually a form of intellectual humility.

So if you have ever felt like a fraud, despite your track record of high performance, you are not broken.

所以，如果你曾經覺得自己像個騙子，儘管你有著表現優異的紀錄，你並沒有問題。

Your brain is just doing exactly what a smart brain does.

你的大腦只是在做聰明大腦會做的事。

它看到了不足之處，並且目標遠大。

This episode is brought to you by Big Trust.

The moments that matter most are usually the ones when doubt gets the loudest.

最重要的時刻，通常是懷疑聲浪最大的時候。

Big Trust is the playbook for rising above it and making the most of those moments.

Big Trust 就是讓你超越這些時刻、並充分利用它們的祕訣。

I'll tell you more at the end now Back to the episode.

稍後我會再跟你說，現在回到節目。

So now that we understand why it happens, let's talk about how this shows up and what to do instead.

既然我們瞭解了原因，就來談談這種情況如何表現，以及該怎麼做。

Most high achievers that I've trained or worked with sit in what I call the perfectionism prison.

我訓練或共事過的大部分頂尖人士，都困在所謂的完美主義牢籠裡。

If there's any room for criticism, they'd rather not try.

如果有任何被批評的空間，他們寧願不去嘗試。

It wasn't that they had excessively high standards, I mean that was part of it.

並不是說他們標準過高，當然那也是一部分原因。

But what I was seeing is that the standards that they set and their behavior was mostly driven by one thing.

但我看到的是，他們設定的標準和行為，主要是由一件事驅動的。

There was fear of failure, fear of judgment, or fear of not being enough.

有對失敗的恐懼、對評判的恐懼，或是對自己不夠好的恐懼。

And the problem with this kind of perfectionism is that it leads to burnout, to procrastination, and

而這種完美主義的問題在於，它會導致倦怠、拖延，以及

a constant sense that nothing you do is ever good enough.

一種感覺，就是你做的任何事永遠都不夠好。

So you end up more anxious, you criticize yourself more, and you have lower self esteem.

所以你變得更焦慮，更常批評自己，而且自信心也更低。

So this brings us to strategy number one, the good enough protocol.

所以這就帶我們來到第一個策略，夠好的原則。

This is something I've implemented into my own life and it's completely changed how I make decisions, how I respond when things don't go to plan, and

這是我自己實行過，而且完全改變了我做決策的方式、事情不如預期時的反應，以及

the kinds of stuff standards that I set for myself.

To understand what makes this strategy so effective, you first need to understand that there are two types of decision makers.

要了解這個策略為什麼這麼有效，你得先知道，決策者有兩種。

I used to need to explore every option, to weigh every possibility, to optimize every outcome.

我以前需要探索所有選項、權衡所有可能性、優化所有結果。

I was constantly getting stuck in overthinking, over analysis, self doubt, and it was utterly exhausting.

我一直卡在過度思考、過度分析、自我懷疑，這真的非常累人。

This is what it feels like to be a maximizer because you are never satisfied.

這就是最大化者的感受，因為你永遠不滿足。

But then I learned about the power of aiming for good enough.

不過後來我學到了「夠好就好」的力量。

Far from being lazy or that they can't be bothered to have high standards, this mindset really values progress over perfection.

這種心態一點都不代表懶惰，也不是說他們沒有高標準，而是他們重視進步勝過完美。

So satisfies make a decision once it meets the need and then they move forward.

所以滿足者一旦做出符合需求的決定，就會繼續往前走。

They're not aiming for the best, they, they're aiming for whatever satisfies the objective.

他們不是追求最好，而是追求任何能達成目標的方案。

Research shows that satisficers tend to be less anxious.

研究顯示，滿足者往往比較不焦慮。

They can make decisions faster and they stick to them.

他們能更快地做出決定，而且會堅持下去。

And importantly, they're more content with their choices.

而且更重要的是，他們對自己的選擇更感到滿意。

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