I guess I was waiting for it to hit me; I’d noticed it bubbling up a few times over Christmas and managed to suppress it. But Imposter Syndrome came at me with full force last weekend. Oddly, it came at the end of a pretty successful week. I’d enjoyed presenting my work to a client who’d asked me to do more. I’d hacked together my first product for Familiarize. I’d got a side hustle with McKinsey and I’d managed to get through another week of home-schooling. And yet, by Sunday evening, I was asking myself “Who was I kidding?”, “I’m no entrepreneur”, “I can’t build a tech business”, “This is just a game.” By Monday at 4am, I had written myself off.
Adam, happy to walk (read) through your journey...thank you, for being so open. This resonates deeply with me (of course, not relating specifically to entrepreneurship)
Brilliant reflections on a navigating that voice at the table. We all have it but as they say, you don't need to serve it a three course meal! Here for you now and always. x
Adam, happy to walk (read) through your journey...thank you, for being so open. This resonates deeply with me (of course, not relating specifically to entrepreneurship)
Thank you Aluka. I’m glad it has helped. I bet there’s very few people we know who don’t experience this.
Thanks for sharing Adam, I'm the founder of Othership (also ex-BP) and I hear this a lot across our community of people working an other way.
Heading back to LinkedIn to see what you do.
Love the Othership concept. Been a fan from afar for a while. If I can help at all I’m all ears.
Brilliant reflections on a navigating that voice at the table. We all have it but as they say, you don't need to serve it a three course meal! Here for you now and always. x
Thank you Miffa. Yes I have been guilty of setting it a place at too many meals