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Connor Lambert
@connortheone
Stop feeling like a fraud
- Once you’ve identified the confidence culprit, tell someone. Choose someone who sees you outside of that environment
- Remind yourself of all of your achievements
- Remind yourself that the people who got you here are incredibly competent and they did not make a mistake
- Update your language with more confident, assertive phrases
- Reframe your story by writing it down
- Try mentoring
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