Self-doubt may be keeping you from doing the work you want to do. Today’s LMScast is about confronting imposter syndrome and turning your negative experience into positive value.
Imposter syndrome is a feeling that you don’t know enough to be an authority, but you’ll learn through doing that value and expertise are gained through failure. Even if someone else is covering your area already, your unique knowledge and experience are valuable to the masses of other people who will benefit from what you know. Your failures, solutions, and observations are different from anyone else’s, and that gives you credibility.
You may have imposter syndrome if you make excuses, delay your work, or self-sabotage whenever you begin a new project. You might start thinking you should copy your competition, but it’s being yourself and doing things your way that prevents you from being an imposter. And it’s open and honest sharing that will resonate with the people you want to connect with.
You can build your confidence by visiting forums in your subject area and discovering how much you actually know. And you can teach beginning level courses without being advanced, so start where you are and build from there. As soon as you take positive action, you’re on your way to confronting imposter syndrome. Remember, you’ll only get better as you do the things you’re meant to do.
