Impostor syndrome: “I don't know what I'm doing. It's only a matter of time until everyone finds out." Growth mindset: "I don't know what I'm doing yet. It's only a matter of time until I figure it out." The highest form of self-confidence is believing in your ability to learn.
Imposter Syndrome Is Real It’s a sign that you’re healthy and that you’re doing important work. It means that you’re trusting the process and doing it with generosity.
Seth Godin • The Practice: Shipping Creative Work
Imposter Syndrome is when someone—even a very accomplished person with a lot of experience and credentials—believes they don’t actually know what everyone thinks they know. They believe their ideas are either wrong or invalid, or that everyone already knows what they know.
Zach Obront • The Scribe Method: The Best Way to Write and Publish Your Non-Fiction Book
Better to know you’re bad for a season than pretend you’re good for a lifetime. You're not struggling from imposter syndrome. You're a student and pretending to be a teacher. No students say they feel like frauds for trying to learn.You're a fraud when you get up to teach the class and you've never done it.
-Alex Hormozi