07/10/2026
As we heard in our Monday Webinar, Imposter syndrome has a very convincing voice. When you add the uncertainty of a job search or career change, those thoughts can get very loud.
📍 You’re not ready.
📍 Everyone else knows more than you.
📍 What if they realise you’re not as good as they think?
📍 Maybe you shouldn’t apply.
The problem is, when anxiety and imposter thoughts take over, they can change your behaviour. You hesitate over applications. You undersell yourself in interviews. You over-prepare. You compare yourself with everyone on LinkedIn. Or you wait until you feel completely confident before taking the next step.
So what can you do?
1. Separate feelings from facts.
“I don’t feel qualified” is a feeling. Go back to the job description and look at the actual evidence. What can you genuinely demonstrate?
2. Keep an evidence bank: Write down achievements, positive feedback, problems you’ve solved, difficult situations you’ve handled and results you’ve delivered. When self-doubt appears, give yourself something concrete to challenge it with.
3. Stop aiming for 100% readiness: You do not need to know everything before applying for a role. Look at whether you can meet the important requirements and learn the rest.
4. Prepare, but know when to stop: Preparation builds confidence. Endless preparation can sometimes be anxiety-wearing and very productive-looking.
5. Watch the comparison trap: LinkedIn shows you someone else’s promotion, new job or qualification. It rarely shows you the 37 applications, rejections and difficult days that came before it.
6. Change the question: Instead of asking, Am I good enough? ask: What evidence do I have that I can do this?
And when anxiety shows up before an interview, presentation or important conversation, don't make “feeling confident” the goal. The goal can simply be: I am nervous, and I am still going to show up prepared.
Confidence doesn't always come first. Sometimes it grows because you took the action anyway.
