The fraud police aren't coming

Every high achiever I know has the same filthy secret.

They walk around convinced they're going to be 'found out.'

They sit in meetings thinking: 'When will they realise I have no bloody clue what I'm doing?'

They call it imposter syndrome, but I call it something else entirely:

Mental wanking.

We're all making it up as we go along.

I've spoken to CEOs of large companies who said they're concerned about what their employees think of them.

I know hundreds of hugely successful writers who regularly express frustration and fear.

I learned that the difference between people who succeed and those who stay stuck isn't competence.

It's the willingness to act despite sometimes feeling like a fraud.

When I quit my job and started a career as an illustrator in my early twenties, I had the 'fraud alarm' going off in my head several times a day. No joke.

It felt weird.

But, like swimming out one metre at a time, I realised I could do it without being swallowed whole by a giant sea creature.

The fraud police don't exist.

The voice telling you 'You're not qualified!' isn't protecting you from embarrassment, but rather from your own growth.

Every person you admire felt like a fraud when they started, and still likely do because the growth doesn't stop.

You don't overcome imposter syndrome by becoming perfect.

You overcome it by realising that feeling like a fraud is just another thought pattern.

You can be carried by the noise or choose to let it float past.

What you cannot allow is for that voice to talk you out of doing what you need to do.

If you're tired of your mind talking you out of opportunities, my course 'Let Go of the S#it That Weakens You' will show you exactly how to dismantle these self-defeating thought patterns.

That way, taking bold steps feels like second nature.

The course is a 15-step guide to mental freedom from the beliefs that keep you playing smaller than you need to.

Get it here and stop waiting for permission to be a badass at what you do.

Alex