as a new VA we need to talk about impostor syndrome if you're not familiar with the term impostor syndrome it is this psychological phenomenon where people doubt their accomplishments and feel like frauds at work despite having external evidence that suggests that you are successful as a VA myself I dealt with impostor syndrome for years and years and despite having hard evidence like clients who resigned with me year after year I would constantly feel inadequate and I was afraid that one day one of my clients might say to me you are not good enough and you
know what I wish I hadn't wasted so much time on feeling that this quote by Adam which leaves behind an impostor syndrome mindset and instead Embraces a growth mindset is a GameChanger I love that he says the highest form of self-confidence is believing in your ability to learn and telling yourself I don't know everything yet but I'm going to figure it out this is the best way that I've seen yet to challenge negative thoughts when you start to doubt yourself question the validity of those thoughts and replace them with something more realist more realistic and
more positive like this grow mindset I don't know what I'm doing yet it it's only a matter of time until I figure it out also I want you to focus on progress not Perfection progress is not always linear in your business however I want you to celebrate wins no matter how big no matter how small they are acknowledging your achievements your accomplishments your accolades is a great way to give yourself credit for the hard work that you're doing and as a VA bus business owner growing a business by yourself is hard work when in doubt
the next time you find yourself doubting your abilities to be a VA to run a business I want you to adopt the growth mindset that Adam is presenting here and kick that impostor syndrome to the curb
