What to Do When You Feel Like an Imposter
How to silence your inner (and outer) critics whenever they attack
The other day I was totally absorbed in my task at work.
I couldn’t tell you who was in the room with me (or if anyone was). My focus and the chorus of industrial wall fans helped with my hypnosis. It was just me and the work — nothing else mattered.
Then I heard the sound of rustling plastic.
A few of my coworkers stood behind me and surveyed the situation.
“Frank, you better move.”
I looked up to see a pallet of potato chips falling off the shelf. The mass rolled like a tumbleweed ball onto the pallet in front of me, pushing boxes of crackers, paper towels, and meat sauce into my work space.
I Didn’t Even Flinch
I could have been hurt if I’d been standing a bit closer. I probably wouldn’t have died, but if the contents on the pallet had been 40 pound cases of cans, who knows?
I didn’t flinch because I didn’t care.
I was creatively stalled, feeling like an imposter. For me to disappear wouldn’t have made any difference at all, right?
