Now, I’m no doctor… But if you’re a fellow writer, I’m willing to bet you suffer a certain syndrome.

Let’s start with a few questions:

• When a client accepts your terms and rates for a project, do you think, “I can’t believe they fell for it!”?
• Do you attribute most, if not all, of your blogging success to luck?
• Do you constantly fear being exposed as a fraud—even though you have the expertise to back up your claims?
• No matter how accomplished you become, do you feel you still need to “pay your dues” or that you don’t deserve the recognition (or pay!) you receive?

Uh-huh. Yep.

Looks like you have Impostor Syndrome.

“I Have What?”

Don’t worry. Impostor Syndrome isn’t fatal.

Well… Not in the physical sense anyway. It could be fatal to your career. 

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