Slap #034: The Fraud in the Mirror Isn’t Real
But the silence you keep feeding it is.
You put off writing that post, creating that video, authoring that book, delivering that speech, and creating that course. You keep thinking someone’s going to find out you’re a fraud.
Here’s the real fraud:
The belief that you have to feel ready to be legitimate.
Guess what?
Everyone starts underqualified. Everyone starts messy.
No one hands you permission to matter.
You’re not faking it. You’re learning in public.
That’s not deception.
That’s growth.
You think the people you admire never doubted themselves?
They just didn’t let that doubt win.
Impostor Syndrome is just ambition’s shadow.
It shows up because you’re stepping up.
Because you care.
Because you’re moving into rooms you once thought were off-limits.
If you didn’t feel it, you’d probably be playing too small.
You want proof you belong?
Look at the work you’re doing.
Look at how far you’ve come.
Look at what you’re still willing to try even while your knees are shaking.
This slap was for me first.
Hope this one struck (pun always intended) a chord as well. Sing.
Until tomorrow.
When was the last time you gave yourself credit for simply showing up?
