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> In fact, the only people who should feel imposter syndrome are the ones whose strongest skill is selling themselves. But since selling yourself entails some s
by dehrmann 4y ago
> In fact, the only people who should feel imposter syndrome are the ones whose strongest skill is selling themselves. But since selling yourself entails some self-deception, they are, naturally, the ones who think they’re surrounded by lazy idiots.
Reminds me of someone I've seen in the news a lot lately.
- ALittleLight 4y agoThat doesn't make any sense. Selling yourself doesn't require self-deception. Even if you were deceiving others in order to sell yourself that doesn't require you to be deceiving yourself.
- thwayunion 4y ago> Even if you were deceiving others in order to sell yourself that doesn't require you to be deceiving yourself. The self-deception assumption is charitable. Of course it's also possible to just be a pathological liar; the author is being polite.
- throwuwu 4y agoIt’s also possible to be good at what you do and be an effective communicator of that ability. I wouldn’t read more into it than what’s there.
- ALittleLight 4y agoOr you could be great at selling yourself honestly. It also doesn't really seem polite to tell people they are the true imposters because they are good at something.