Hey MTV 📺, welcome to my crib (𝘈𝘒𝘈 this blog), where we talk a lot about symptoms of experiencing imposter syndrome….⁣
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But on this fine Friday, I wanted to shed light on the good shit that you may be experiencing because you’re doing the werk ✨ so, here are 4 ways that you’re overcoming imposter syndrome:⁣
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💸 Someone says "no" to your offer and it doesn't ruin your day.⁣
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Sometimes, a no means not right now or not this offer. Also, just because an offer isn’t right for one person, doesn’t mean it’s not perfect for another. You are someone’s sparkly unicorn.⁣
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🎙 You don't feel the need to over-prepare for guest speaking gigs or coaching calls.⁣
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Of course, if you do better with notes, that’s totally okay - but you know your shit, and people usually want to hear what YOU think about your shit - so own that shit 💩⁣
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💕 You easily detach from your client's actions, because you know you're doing your best to help them and they have to do the work, too.⁣
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Client experience is QUEEN - but if you do ...

Long story short, this is my hot take:⁣
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NOPE! 
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And here’s why - money doesn’t magically change the course of your thoughts.⁣
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Let’s say that you think you feel like a fraud because you can’t book a client. You think to yourself….⁣
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❌ I’m not good enough.⁣
❌ It seems like I don’t know what I’m doing.⁣
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But then yay, you sign a client! Smooth sailing now, right?! ⁣
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Until the initial excitement wears off, and you’re thinking about your first call or your first project with your new client. You suddenly start to have the same thoughts, because what if you do a job and they don’t like it? What if you’re on the call with them and you don’t know what to say?⁣
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 - and beliefs cannot instantly disappear simply from receiving a couple of PayPal notifications 👀⁣
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If you feel like an imposter and think you’ll be cured by someone signing a contract...I can guarantee you, it’s your thoughts...

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐢𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡.⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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You’re listening to your inner imposter and telling yourself that you’re not ready.⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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You’re thinking that once you get:⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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✨ That next client that validates how great you are⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
✨ That next certification⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
✨ That next big number of Instagram followers⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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You can finally start 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 successful.⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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All the while, there is someone out there who truly needs what you have to offer - and you’re denying them of that, all because your 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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But if you’re really certain about what you want, you have to do it scared.⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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You have to get on the calls, make the sales pitch, put out the content - even when it scares you. Even when it’s tiring. Even when you think no one is watching.⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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So yeah, maybe you’re afraid that taking the risk or going after the thing is going to c...

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Imposter Syndrome can creep up in what seems like a million different ways, you can really feel like you’re on the struggle bus because there are so many ways it can show up in your life.

One of the ways it’s come through for me in the past was when I was trying to work on content. Content being the topics I’d want to talk about, the posts I’d want to make for social media, podcasts, etc. I would always think that the content I was putting out into the world was unoriginal, and that someone else had said all this before. It would go hand in hand with the fear that someone would call me out on a topic I spoke about because it wasn’t 100% my own. It made me fearful that my community would reject me.

It made me hold back some ideas that I had about a concept I would come across. I would see how it would apply to me but then I would never go through with implementing it into my content...