Dylan Vanas shares his strategy for fighting imposter syndrome: 17 affirmations taped to a mirror, read aloud each morning. One example: "I do what I ought to do, when I ought to do it, whether I want to or not." The practice builds internal worth and self-belief.
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Everyone going through entrepreneurship deals with imposter syndrome. If you have a level of success, money, wealth, fame, you have grown and earned that, whether you believe it or not. You're not an imposter. You are that person. Now it's time to check yourself and work on your internal worth. One thing I did years ago is I actually had a list of 17 things. They're positive affirmations that I put in my mirror, and I would read them out loud to myself every single morning. I do what I ought to do, when I ought to do it, whether I want to or not. Even now. I wasn't even consciously doing this, but the movements I was getting into the state and like physically convincing myself.