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When your public persona masks deep insecurity

Everyone thinks I'm confident because I speak up in meetings but inside I'm terrified they'll discover I'm just pretending to know what I'm doing.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You're performing competence so effectively that you've trapped yourself in a role that feels increasingly fraudulent.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Existentialist authenticity vs. bad faith?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.