How to work with impostor syndrome

1. 01Separate the feeling from the factWrite the thought ("I don't belong here") next to the evidence (what you were hired for, what you shipped). Both can be true at once; only one is checkable.
2. 02Keep an evidence fileA folder of good feedback, finished work, and problems you solved. Memory is mood-dependent; the folder isn't.
3. 03Say it out loud to one personImpostor feelings survive on secrecy. Naming it to a peer almost always produces "oh, me too" — which is the fastest deflation there is.
4. 04Reframe not-knowing as the jobIn any role worth having, most of the work is on the edge of your competence. "I don't know yet, I'll find out" is a senior sentence, not a junior one.
5. 05Take the stretch anywayConfidence follows evidence, and evidence only comes from doing the thing while unsure. Act at the level you're aiming for and let the feeling catch up.

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