Jan 25 • Mindset & Motivation
My Battle With Imposter Syndrome
Up late at night… Watching the snowstorm… Trying to stay warm… And working on my book that’s years in the making… I am finally making some great progress and I am excited to share this book with the pro wrestling world and beyond…
Actually, the book is becoming much bigger than I originally thought so I may have to break it down into two seperate books… We shall see 😀
For anyone interested, I’d like to share just a small piece of what I’ve been working on. It was a game changing moment in my life, and it kinda got me thinking about how far I’ve come, so I just wanted to put it out there.
**My Battle With Imposter Syndrome**
Most of my life I've struggled with imposter syndrome.
Even as a kid, I would get into my own head. Am I good enough? Who do I think I am? What makes me think I can do this? That voice followed me everywhere. Into school. Into work. Into wrestling.
When I was actively wrestling, I didn't know what mental training was. I just pushed through. I ignored the voice and hoped it would go away. It didn't.
It wasn't until after I had to leave pro wrestling that I discovered mental training.
I started listening to Tony Robbins seminars. I started reading books by Napoleon Hill, Elsie Lincoln Benedict, Dale Carnegie, Earl Nightingale, and Jim Rohn. These people opened my eyes to how the mind actually works. How the voice in your head can be changed. How your beliefs shape your reality.
I also started studying business training. Russell Brunson. Dan Kennedy. Dean Graziosi. Alex Hormozi. Gary Vaynerchuk. Perry Belcher. Frank Kern. And many others. Learning how to market and build businesses also taught me how to build my mindset.
Here's the thing. Studying all of these brilliant people is how I learned the stuff I'm writing about in this book.
Everything you've read so far? The laws of success? The mental frameworks? The business strategies? I didn't make this up. I learned it from people who figured it out before me. I took their wisdom and applied it to pro wrestling.
And here's the irony. Writing this book is helping me with my imposter syndrome.
That voice still shows up. Who do you think you are to write a book? What makes you qualified to teach this stuff? Who's going to listen to you?
But I've trained my brain to respond differently now.
I know that imposter syndrome is just a sign that I'm stretching. That I'm doing something that matters. That I'm stepping outside my comfort zone.
I know that the voice isn't telling the truth. It's just scared. And I don't let scared voices make my decisions anymore.
Studying these mentors gave me the confidence to spread my message to the world. To talk about the mental and business aspects of pro wrestling that nobody else is teaching. To build Pro Wrestling Skool and write this book and create something that helps wrestlers change their lives.
The voice still talks. I just don't let it win anymore.
That's what mental training does. It doesn't make the voice disappear. It teaches you how to respond to it. It gives you tools to override the doubt and take action anyway.
If you struggle with imposter syndrome, with self-doubt, with that voice that tells you you're not good enough, you're not alone. I've dealt with it my whole life.
But you can train your brain. You can learn to respond differently. You can build the mental game that lets you perform at your best.
Start with the books. Start with the seminars. Start with the work.
Your brain is trainable. Train it.
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My Battle With Imposter Syndrome
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