All That – But Missing Your Bag of Chips?

Over the years, I’ve met, discussed, emailed, pleaded, and thrown my hands up at (probably) hundreds of advocates who have never truly become professional, independent, practicing advocates.

They might have told you they were/are advocates. They SAID they were in business. But their efforts were half-hearted. They didn’t ever ACTIVELY go into business. Instead they joined an organization, or set up a website, or printed business cards, or told their friends they were in business… they might even have listed themselves in a directory or two…

But it was all very half-hearted. Why? Because of that idea that they weren’t “all that” (and a bag of chips!)… fear that others would judge that they don’t really know what they are talking about, that someone might think they are an…

Impostor!

(shudder the thought!)

I’ve written about Impostor Syndrome before, along with 10 ways to get beyond it. Those of you who feel like impostors know how you are!

Today we’re going to take it a step further.