Overcoming Your Own Imposter Syndrome I Believed I Could, So I Did and You Can Too By Maiya Sinclair
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“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?” Our Greatest Fear — Marianne Williamson
but it is a completely different notion to believe that you are up to the task.
The way I overcame and still overcome imposter syndrome is by believing in myself and trusting in the work of my hands. My life has taken a shift in the last three months and if someone was to tell me this time last year that I would be writing for PYNK I, too, have tossed these questions around in my Lemonade, an award winning filmmaker, taking mind. Am I really qualified to be a writer? Have I steps toward becoming a professor and having actually mastered my craft and teaching subject? secured an amazing employment opportunity…..I Have I fully come to understand and believe who would hysterically laugh in your face. Not because they say I am called to be? For the past two years I I don’t possess those qualities but because I didn’t have questioned and second guessed every step. believe I deserved it. 2020 has been a most unforgiving year and I have seen so many treasures, both people and material I’ve watched my peers accept offers for their dream things, gleaned away from me. It will sound cliche jobs, I’ve seen my friends get invited to speak on when I say this but believing is absolutely half the panels that were once in a lifetime opportunities. battle. It’s one thing to have all of the necessary Some of my closest friends purchased homes and qualifications to fill a position or start the business, dream cars and like the good friend I am I would
