I can only speak from my own experiences and my internal monologue, but I think the attribution to self-esteem was an error in correlation vs. causation. The p

I can only speak from my own experiences and my internal monologue, but I think the attribution to self-esteem was an error in correlation vs. causation. The problem is that self-esteem can come from both true competence and false self-evaluation. If you've cultivated your ability to learn, if you believe based on prior history that you can master things over time, and and if you've developed the patience to give yourself time, you get a virtuous cycle, and self-esteem is one of the outcomes, imposter syndrome be damned. If you have a falsely confident sense of your own capabilities borne from not being able to truly assess yourself, self-esteem happens to be one of the results, but it's emotionally fragile. I think control and self-discipline is a repeatable path to competence and self-esteem based on what you are actually capable of.