𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭, 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝… 𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬?

About impostor syndrome,the hidden fear of every high performer.

You just wrapped up a big project. The client was thrilled. Your manager called it a “game-changer”.

But instead of feeling proud, you felt panic.

𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝐼 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑦?

𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝐼’𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑?

𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒, 𝐼 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑙?

Even after years of success, you still carry that quiet fear that it could all fall apart any moment.

Like you're just borrowing the life you have… and someone might come ask for it back.

And the worst part? Every compliment, every promotion, every win,none of it proves to you that you’re capable. It only makes you more afraid of being “found out”.

𝐖𝐡𝐲?

Maybe because as a child, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 ‘𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡’.Your parents always pushed for more.

A 95% grade? “Why not 100?”

A big accomplishment? “That’s nice, but don’t get too confident.”

You never internalised your successes,because you were conditioned to believe they were never enough.

Impostor syndrome isn’t about what you achieve it’s about what you believe about yourself.

If you were raised to think that 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, then no amount of external success 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡.

𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭, 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.