Yes, yes, and yes. You just have to be real. That resonates with me!

In the first, say, 15 years of my professional career I suffered a lot from imposter syndrome. I was part of high-potential programs and my bosses gave me tasks where I thought: “Okay… Hmmm, if you think I can do this…”

But secretly I thought: “They’ll find out soon enough I’m faking. I’ve got no clue whatsoever what I’m doing.”

I became comfortable dealing with these feelings (but always by pushing them away) when I climbed the ladder. But only when I started shedding my masks, showing the real me, it slowly disappeared.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not there yet. I’m a generalist. And often uncertain about what I know and what I don’t know. I’m just honest about it now. Like you, I know a little about everything. But my strength is that I can explain it clearly, write about it and inspire people with it BECAUSE I don’t know all.

I see the connections and paint pictures with parts of stories. And my thread has emerged. I always collaborate so I can connect people with each other if they want to do deep, specialist things. And the community feeling within all my changemaker networks is great. It feeds me.

So, please, keep writing. Search for the topics YOU really care about. And inspire us. I’ll be a happy reader of all people who show up for real…