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Imposter syndrome can do a number on your confidence.
You know what I’m talking about — that feeling when you volunteer to step into something new but you don’t know exactly what you’re doing.
You’re afraid of failing because you’re exposed as maybe not such an expert after all and you think everyone else around you knows more than you do.
If you’ve ever felt this way, I’m sure you thought having this feeling was a bad thing but I have some news for you.
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Have you ever been around a little kid where they blurted out the 100% truth and the parent responds by saying “he doesn’t know what he’s saying”…
… or reprimanding the kid by saying “we don’t say things like that.” or ‘that’s not nice.”
I learned a different perspective on this last week.
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In the movie Black Panther, there’s a foundational moment when the character Zuri explains why he left a child behind to fend for himself in inner city Oakland — after watching the king kill the child’s father.
And to add to that, the man the king killed was his brother…
… and that abandoned child grows up to be the ruthless yet relatable villain known as Killmonger.
The best explanation Zuri could come up with is “we had to maintain the lie.”
He told himself that every day until it ultimately caught up with him and he met his end at the hands of Killmonger.
Now why on earth am I talking to you about a comic book movie?!
[Read more…]A reader recently left a comment on the article I shared about how to take notes in meetings like the rich and powerful.
Here’s what she said when I asked what she found to be the most helpful piece of information in the article:
[Read more…]My friend sent me this article about the current best hook man in the music game, T-Pain, cancelling an upcoming tour. And there are all kinds of business gems to take from this, but first a quick clarification…
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