This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 2151.

If you're experiencing imposter syndrome, this is for you by Kristin Wong of KristinWong.com.

Anime narrator Justin Malik reading you blogs every single day of the year, including holidays.

It's sort of a holiday here in the US. Halloween. Hope you have a happy and safe Halloween if you're

celebrating. There's no Halloween themed post for you today. If you want something different for

Halloween, you can go way back to the early days of this podcast like Episode 325 when I shared a

random brother's grim story. But today we'll be talking about the scary thing called imposter syndrome.

So that let's get right to it as we optimize your life.

If you're experiencing imposter syndrome, this is for you by KristinWong of KristinWong.com.

It's back that creeping and city is feeling that you're out of your league,

that nasty destructive voice telling you you're not good enough, that you're only here because you

got lucky, that you're an idiot and sooner or later everyone will find out that you're an idiot.

You know this is a thing. You know about the studies. You know about all those other workers who

feel the exact same way you do right now. You get it. Imposter syndrome is real and it's ruthless.

But you're thinking, well maybe this isn't imposter syndrome. Maybe I just actually suck.

Here's the thing though. For the sake of doing your job and exuding confidence, it doesn't matter

that you think you suck. You might not think you're good enough, but someone else obviously does.

Your employer or client or whoever has put you in this place in which you feel you don't belong

believes that you're not just good enough, you're perfect for the job. You don't have to agree.

You don't have to believe that right now. For work's sake, all that matters is someone else does.

But also, you should know that yes, you are good enough. Confidence is important, but for

self-esteem sake, you deserve to feel worthy. There's a silver lining here too. The mere fact that

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