Lewis Hatchett (Mindset)
Lewis Hatchett is a Mindset Coach, Podcaster, Ex-Pro Cricketer, Founder of Sport Yogi and a Performance Psychology Student. He has spent most of his life working on developing a mi...
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What is mindset?
That's a big question in the sense that, again, it changes for each person, but my belief is it's quite simply how you view the world. Are you, if we look at Carol Dweck's work where people have either growth or fixed mindsets, do you see challenges and obstacles as opportunities to grow? Or do you see them as threats and a way in which they're going to show the negative parts of you? Do you see a challenge as something that can teach you and have lessons, or do you see it as a form of judgement ? So ultimately, your mindset is just purely how you view the world, and I also believe it's something that you can change with a little bit of work.
How can I change my mindset?
I believe you could change your mindset in a couple of different ways. You could try going it alone, so you could go and do some study and research. And I think even in my own personal journey, I was able to change my mindset by watching videos of role models that I loved and looking at people that I wanted to be like. And you can start to take on the characteristics, the values, the behaviours that they have, and maybe do it that way. Another way is doing it through coaching. So finding a mentor, a guide, a coach that is going to help you through that. Just being able to talk through your challenges, your successes, and in that way you start to unearth the things that perhaps you weren't paying attention to. And you can start to put in a plan of how you might change your outlook on life. Because most of it, if you're changing your mindset, is taking yourself from one set of beliefs where you see the world and moving it to another. And that little journey in between requires some work. Whether you do it alone or whether you do it with someone, it's completely up to you. But hopefully you can get there either way.
What is imposter syndrome?
Imposter syndrome is when we have this feeling of perhaps inadequacy about something we're going into, where we're doubting ourselves for the level of skill that we have, the credibility that we have in a moment. And when that doubt comes in, it can really cripple us and actually stop us from going into something. So we actually doubt ourselves so much that we don't even take action. And when we feel that level of Impost syndrome, I have a slightly different take on it. And that is that if you have it, that's a good thing because one, it means that you care. And also think about if you lived your life where you didn't have imposter syndrome, where you genuinely believed, you already knew everything. People who have imposter syndrome, they know what they don't know. So in that, you already have this growth mindset. You're trying to go after something, knowing that you don't know everything. There's always more room to grow, but you're just worried that people aren't feeling you have credibility. It's a storyline that you tend to tell yourself one that is really not founded on any truth. But ultimately, I'm the best performers in the world. They have imposter syndrome, and it's no coincidence. The challenge is about overcoming it, feeling such belief in yourself that you can even just make that first step. So go ahead and look at the things that you do, do well, for sure that you have confidence in. And again, if someone is asking you to maybe give a performance, stand up and give a presentation, just by default, they recognise that you have credibility. So you've been asked to do this, so be encouraged in that, that if you've been put into a place where you feel this imposter syndrome, you're kind of already in a place of power. So just remember that and go and look for the things that you're good at, and that will start getting the ball rolling to overcome some of these self-doubts, these inner criticisms that you're making of yourself. But ultimately, the best performers do have it. It's just how you deal with it.