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How to break the chains of imposter syndrome:
Establish a habit of growth.
You cannot make time. You can only take time. It's a matter of choice. Schedule time with yourself. And put the investment of your future self on autopay.
You cannot make time. You can only take time. It's a matter of choice. Schedule time with yourself. And put the investment of your future self on autopay.
Your employer isn’t your success coach.
All lasting change must be forged by you. Demonstrate how what you want to learn benefits your employer. You can only sell results, not ideas.
All lasting change must be forged by you. Demonstrate how what you want to learn benefits your employer. You can only sell results, not ideas.
Your future needs a direction, not an operating manual.
Develop a bias toward action. Constrain your direction to the point that it propels you into action.
Develop a bias toward action. Constrain your direction to the point that it propels you into action.
Cure analysis paralysis by developing selection criteria.
Know what skills belong in your tool belt and which do not. You won't learn it all. Be comfortable with that. Identify what matters.
Know what skills belong in your tool belt and which do not. You won't learn it all. Be comfortable with that. Identify what matters.
Become comfortable being unproductive.
Learning isn't productive. Accept it and give yourself the freedom to experiment and explore.
Learning isn't productive. Accept it and give yourself the freedom to experiment and explore.
Learn enough to practice, practice until you understand.
Read, watch, and listen until you have formed just enough understanding to practice. Only through practice can you deepen your understanding.
Read, watch, and listen until you have formed just enough understanding to practice. Only through practice can you deepen your understanding.
Make competence your only goal.
Only after you've become competent can you determine if mastery is worth pursuing.
Only after you've become competent can you determine if mastery is worth pursuing.
Enjoy the process
Learn to enjoy the process instead of the outcome. Find work that in and of itself is the reward. Outcomes are empty. And their rewards quickly fade.
Learn to enjoy the process instead of the outcome. Find work that in and of itself is the reward. Outcomes are empty. And their rewards quickly fade.
Compete against yourself. And no one else.
Others are the compass, you are the ship. Compare only to who you were yesterday. That is your only true measure of progress.
Others are the compass, you are the ship. Compare only to who you were yesterday. That is your only true measure of progress.
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