I’ve never had imposter syndrome but a lot of my friends do. My struggle was more turning off the entitlement that keeps telling me I’m above whatever task is before me.
That said, whether you sit on the overly-confident or cautious side the answer is the same: We’re all pretending, so it doesn’t matter.
No one knows what the hell they’re doing.
Part of growing up is realizing your parents were faking it the whole time… they never had all the answers. The same can be said for teachers, mentors, coaches, whoever– the point is, we somehow hit the age of 30 and imagine we have life figured out and know everything there is to know.
You? Just last week you had a mid-life crisis and this week you’re a spiritual guru.
Where we err is we take our roles overly serious and inevitably lose the play and fluidity that comes from not knowing and being okay with not knowing.
Instead of playing with questions, you protest answers.
We lose our inner child– obeying our scripts.
The weird part behind it all is how good we are at misidentifying who we are and what we’ve practiced.
You’re not who you think you are.
You’re not a serious person… you could simply let go. If you wanted to, you could change the genre of your movie today, and lighten up.
We see it as fake if you try to change your attitude– how pathetic. Human beings were born to evolve, and that’s what you’d be doing practicing this.
If you’re unhappy, reject your current role. You’re free to start over at any given time– a hugely undervalued human trait.
The ability to start over.
Let go.
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