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Get comfortable saying “I don’t know.” Not knowing everything is not the same as being an imposter. Neither is making mistakes or being wrong. Rather than pretending to know something you don’t, own it. Then learn it.
Focus on providing value. The fastest way to get over feeling like a fraud is to genuinely help someone else. Being helpful and caring combats Imposter Syndrome because it refocuses your attention on being loving toward others instead of critical of yourself.
Practice accepting compliments. When someone pays us a compliment we usually reply with why they’re wrong. Or, we throw a compliment right back.
A compliment is a gift, and should be accepted properly before moving on. https://twitter.com/dremilyanhalt/status/1282360292433788928
Don’t personalize professional criticism. “That iteration was inadequate” is not the same as “you are inadequate.”
Our work is our life in so many ways. But the two overlap, they are not one and the same. Find a sense of agency and joy outside of your work and invest in it.
Give people some credit.By thinking you’re fooling everyone around you, you’re assuming that people are easily fooled.
Is it really more likely that you’re bad at what you do but good at tricking people, than it is that you were hired for good reason?
(The answer is no)
Fake it ‘till you make it.The things we tell ourselves become our reality. Sometimes, we have to say to ourself: I am good, I am worthy, I am valuable - even when we don’t feel it. Over time, it will get harder to deny, and easier to believe.
You got this!
