1 00:00:00,210 --> 00:00:01,050 Hey, everybody. 2 00:00:01,050 --> 00:00:03,270 I want to take a quick break here. 3 00:00:03,300 --> 00:00:05,220 Go grab a coffee, grab a tea. 4 00:00:05,250 --> 00:00:08,160 Just take a break from all the learning that you just did. 5 00:00:08,250 --> 00:00:13,050 And I want to talk to you quickly about imposter syndrome. 6 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:20,130 It's this idea that you're not good enough, that things are too complicated for you to ever achieve 7 00:00:20,190 --> 00:00:21,540 what you want to achieve. 8 00:00:21,570 --> 00:00:27,240 You look at other people, at other industry experts, and you say, I will never get there. 9 00:00:27,690 --> 00:00:31,470 But it's just a symptom of learning. 10 00:00:31,770 --> 00:00:38,070 This idea of you not being good enough simply means that, well, you're just not there yet. 11 00:00:38,100 --> 00:00:41,340 Things take time if you want to learn a valuable skill. 12 00:00:41,490 --> 00:00:43,290 Well, it's hard work. 13 00:00:43,290 --> 00:00:44,700 That's why it's valuable. 14 00:00:45,210 --> 00:00:49,020 Remember how you felt on the first day of going to school? 15 00:00:49,050 --> 00:00:50,970 First day on a job? 16 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:53,100 It's the same experience. 17 00:00:53,340 --> 00:00:59,850 But over time, with repetition, with practice, you get comfortable, you get experience, and you 18 00:00:59,850 --> 00:01:02,490 slowly start to lose that imposter syndrome. 19 00:01:02,790 --> 00:01:05,940 Now, this idea of an imposter syndrome is great. 20 00:01:05,940 --> 00:01:07,800 It means you're doing something worthwhile. 21 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:09,710 So don't use it as a negative. 22 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:14,760 Use it as an encouragement that you're doing something good, that you're learning, and you're stretching 23 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:15,510 your limits. 24 00:01:15,540 --> 00:01:19,710 So with this break, I want to propose that we do a quick exercise. 25 00:01:19,860 --> 00:01:27,000 I want you to stop the lectures again, grab a coffee, grab a tea, and head on over to our discord. 26 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:30,900 Now, in our Discord server, if you've used it up until now, that's great. 27 00:01:30,900 --> 00:01:31,710 If you haven't. 28 00:01:31,740 --> 00:01:37,710 Head on over to this server and I want you to do something that I think is super important to learning 29 00:01:37,710 --> 00:01:44,280 and that is using what you've learned up until now to actually teach someone or help someone so you 30 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:50,640 can go all the way to, let's say, the coding and courses section and pick a topic that you want to 31 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:51,410 help somebody in. 32 00:01:51,420 --> 00:01:57,600 So let's say you go to the Python channel and in here you'll have other students that are asking Python 33 00:01:57,600 --> 00:01:58,650 related questions. 34 00:01:58,650 --> 00:02:04,080 Now you can scroll through here and see if you're able to help someone, even though you may not have 35 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,000 the experience or the knowledge yet. 36 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:12,840 This idea of practicing and explaining what you've just learned to other people, even if you're not 37 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:16,230 100% certain, actually is beneficial to your learning. 38 00:02:16,230 --> 00:02:22,290 Because if you're never teaching, if you're never explaining and vocalizing and showing what you've 39 00:02:22,290 --> 00:02:25,230 learned, you'll always be a beginner. 40 00:02:25,230 --> 00:02:29,700 This idea of teaching what you learn is a very important concept. 41 00:02:29,700 --> 00:02:35,640 So moving forward, as you go through the lectures, any time you feel like taking a break, hop on 42 00:02:35,640 --> 00:02:38,340 over to Discord and help somebody. 43 00:02:38,370 --> 00:02:41,160 Our motto here is that we're always kind. 44 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:42,450 We don't judge anybody. 45 00:02:42,450 --> 00:02:44,280 We're all just beginners here. 46 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:45,270 We're all learning. 47 00:02:45,270 --> 00:02:51,630 So don't be afraid to answer things because you've got to remember, nobody's perfect except for Yoda. 48 00:02:51,630 --> 00:02:53,250 Yoda is pretty perfect. 49 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:55,410 All right, I'll see you in the next one. 50 00:02:55,410 --> 00:02:55,890 Bye bye.