I still wrestle with feeling like I don’t know anything. I think it will always be with me.
Like, my biggest financial success was creating some technology, yet put me in a room with a bunch of tech people as they throw terms around I don’t know and I feel like a moron.
Part of it is because I went about it in a very unique way.
I remember watching a food documentary, watching these Mexican women create the most delicious foods in their village. They had a lifetime of experience and were very good at what they do. But if you put them into a French kitchen, they wouldn’t know how to do anything.
And it was upon realizing that, that gave me some perspective. And just as people can learn from these ladies, this is why the show was there to check them out, so can people learn from me.
I have things to contribute to the conversation. I am living proof that there are different paths to success.
This blog is actually part of my process of claiming that. I’m building a body of work that is here to share with the world.
Yet put me in a room with a bunch of “experts”, and I’m back to feeling like a faker again, no matter what my accomplishments look like compared to theirs.
The only real difference today in how I handle this compared to before is I don’t let it stop me anymore. But I acknowledge those feelings can still be there and will likely always be there. I am also now aware that it’s not just true for me, and that thought makes me feel better as well.
