Feeling Like A Fraud? Why More Preparation Never Helps
by Paden
The feeling that you are about to be found out does not arrive when you are out of your depth. It arrives a few days before anyone can see your work, and that timing tells you something important about what it actually is. This talk is for the person who is objectively good at what they do and worried about being an imposter. We look at why the feeling gets stronger as you get better, why every extra qualification leaves it exactly where it was, and why the question you keep asking yourself has no answer available to it. There is one practice at the end. It is a single swap, it takes a few seconds, and it works by pointing you somewhere other than at yourself. If you have been telling yourself you will begin once you feel ready, this is the talk that explains why that day has not come.
