I need to start out by saying:
YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
I don’t think I know any individual that doesn’t suffer from feeling like an imposter to some degree at some point in their life.
I know I do, and probably more often than you’d imagine!
So if I’m having a really bad day, these are the steps I take to combat it – try them out and see if they help you too 🙂
- I gather ‘evidence’ that proves the opposite, whether it’s similar things I’ve done in the past that have gone well, compliments people paid me, or if it’s something new, remembering when I first did something and look where I am now 🙂
- Keep a daily ‘diary’ that I log 1 thing I did well that day that I can come back to and reference when I’ve lost my way 🙂
- Make a plan to eliminate all the things I’m feeling most vulnerable about 🙂
- I ask myself – If I go ahead with this:
a. what’s the worst that could happen?
b. does it really matter?
I’ve found picking out one of these options often helps if not eliminate that feeling of being a charlatan right away, but a combo of 2 or 3 will obliterate it!
Let me know how you get on 🙂 x