Impostor Syndrome

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"The beauty of the impostor syndrome is you vacillate between extreme egomania and a complete feeling of: 'I'm a fraud! Oh God, they're on to me! I'm a fraud!' So you just try to ride the egomania when it comes and enjoy it, and then slide through the idea of fraud." – Tina Fey

"There are an awful lot of people out there who think I'm an expert. How do these people believe all this about me? I'm so much aware of all the things I don't know." Dr. Chan, Chief of the World Health Organization

"The first problem of any kind of even limited success is the unshakable conviction that you are getting away with something, and that any moment now they will discover you. It's Impostor Syndrome, something my wife Amanda christened the Fraud Police." – Neil Gaiman

"Sometimes I wake up in the morning before going off to a shoot, and I think, I can't do this. I'm a fraud." – Kate Winslett


  • ADD PRESSURE - RAISE THE BAR (DON'T LOWER IT)
  • ACT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, DON'T WAIT TO TAKE ACTION (YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO BE READY ANYWAY)
  • FAIL FIRST HAND
  • EXPOSE YOURSELF
  • OWN YOUR VICTORIES
  • ASK FOR HELP IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING