Thoughts of the Week: March 15, 2024
Don’t doubt: You’ve earned your seat.
At different points in your career, you’ve probably had moments of insecurity; moments when you found yourself looking around at where you were and who you were…and doubt started to creep in. Hopefully, you ignored it, kept going, and assured yourself that you knew what you were doing or could figure it out — that you deserved to be where you were.
If you’ve made it to certain seats, chances are you do deserve to be there, but it doesn’t mean you’re done. These things don’t happen by chance.
You don’t stumble into great places in life - you make decisions, you do the work, you figure it out, and often make a lot of sacrifices. So whenever you start to doubt, or when imposter syndrome starts to rear its ugly head, take a look back at your successes so far, take note of every achievement, and know that — even if your insecurity is telling you otherwise — you are exactly where you’re meant to be.
1. You don’t need to fit a mold or follow tradition, so much is possible from anywhere.
2. This incredible graphic by @jaozolins shows you shouldn’t let your first mistake be your last. Keep moving.
3. Be the one who makes things happen.
