My Ways To Deal With Imposter Syndrome
Do you sometimes doubt your skills or competence? Do you think others perceive you to be more intelligent than you really are? Like someday they would find out that you're not good enough. Do you feel like an imposter or fraud when you achieve something? Like somehow you didn't do anything to deserve that success. Like somehow you just happened to be at the right place at the right time. Do you attribute your achievements primarily to luck or coincidence? If the answer is yes - then, my friend, you sometimes experience imposter syndrome. In this post, I summarize my ways to tackle my own imposter syndrome.
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