Mike Ficara moved from teaching to entrepreneurship and felt like a fraud. He fought imposter syndrome by going to conferences, networking with other founders, and learning from mentors like Gary Vaynerchuk and Rick Sappios. He treats their advice like a buffet: sample what works, skip the rest.
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I was like an okay entrepreneur, meaning I had a few successful clients. I was doing well, but I was not— I had imposter syndrome like nobody's business. And I went on this journey to— and I literally always felt like, I think as a teacher, as a teacher, you know, I started my career as an educator. As a teacher, you're thrown in the classroom and you're like, here you go, go teach, figure it out. So there really is a fake it till you make it aspect in teaching. And I think I always had that. When I got into entrepreneurship, I felt like I had to do the same thing. But what I learned, and I think during that time period when you and I met was I started going to as many conferences as I can talking to as many people and been like, I don't, I really don't know who I am and what I do. Well, tell me your story. And I tell my story and they started to define that for me a little bit. And I think part of the work I did with you with NET and some of the other things was a big help towards that. And I think that's why, you know, anyone listening to this that wants to go down that entrepreneurial path, you know, listen to the greats, Learn from the Matt Maneros, the Rick Sappios, the Gary Vs, all those guys. But it's a buffet. Take
