You're a fraud. Everybody knows it. No, that's just your imposter syndrome. Imposter syndrome involves unfounded feelings of self-doubts and incompetence. Even as others praise our talents, we write that success off to timing and good luck. Any recognition we earn, we call it sympathy or pity. Any mistake we make on a project or a goal is completely our fault. But the irony of it is when it's successful, we feel like that result had nothing to do with us. It's all self doubt and insecurity, and we tend to constantly focus on our flaws. Our brain is telling us that the one thing that happened out of 10 is the thing that's going to happen most often. We don't realize that 90% of the time we're successful. Keep in mind that actual frauds don't have imposter syndrome. The simple fact that you have imposter syndrome shows that you're not a fraud. Talk to a friend or mentor or therapist because sharing imposter feelings can help them feel less overwhelming. Write down a list of your accomplishments and save emails or text messages that praise the work that you've done. Recognize that you're actually worthy of them.
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