Dharmesh Shah argues that imposter syndrome signals you're growing, tackling unfamiliar challenges outside your comfort zone. People who never feel it are often the real imposters. The discomfort means you're expanding what you can do.
What advice would I give to combat imposter syndrome? One is recognize that the only people that don't have imposter syndrome are imposters. I mean, that— like, I'm not saying all people that don't have it are imposters, but I'm saying that imposters generally don't have imposter syndrome. What I found helpful as far as advice is the reason you feel imposter syndrome is because you are doing something that's uncomfortable and new. If you are doing the thing that you've been doing for years and years and years, chances are you're not feeling imposter syndrome because that's what you've been doing. You're used to it. And the fact that you're feeling imposter syndrome means you're not in your natural habitat. You're doing something that is not of what you would've normally done, and that's actually a positive sign.
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