Short YouTube video by Lauren Bateman in which she defines imposter syndrome and recounts her own experience as a guitar teacher who lacked a music degree. She recommends overcoming impostor feelings by deliberately finding students or clients you can genuinely help; observing their progress builds concrete evidence of competence and reduces self-doubt.
Imposter syndrome is when you think you're not good enough to do something that you actually are good enough to do. I suffered from imposter syndrome because I was a guitar teacher who didn't have a degree in music, so I felt like nobody would want to take guitar lessons with me. What I eventually realized was that I wasn't an absolute beginner at playing guitar and that I actually had a lot to teach people who had never touched a guitar before. So if you want to start building confidence as a service provider, my recommendation would be to find students or clients that you actually can help and start helping them. Because when you see that you can help clients start making progress, you will get over your impostor syndrome and you will be excited about finding new people and helping them reach their goals.
