|#114 MWAVC| - Imposter Syndrome
Everyone feels like this at some point in their life, I believe. The feeling of not being worth the spaces we find ourselves in. A lot of us then ask ourselves, “what did I do to deserve being here?” Guess what? You’re not alone. Everyone goes through this phase, but it’s only temporary. Don’t let this feeling get you to quit. Found the extract below from a blog I follow. Not sure if it’s a true story or not, but even Neil Armstrong has his worries.
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Neil Gaiman on imposter syndrome from which we all suffer:
Some years ago, I was lucky enough invited to a gathering of great and good people: artists and scientists, writers and discoverers of things. And I felt that at any moment they would realise that I didn’t qualify to be there, among these people who had really done things.
On my second or third night there, I was standing at the back of the hall, while a musical entertainment happened, and I started talking to a very nice, polite, elderly gentleman about several things, including our shared first name. And then he pointed to the hall of people, and said words to the effect of, “I just look at all these people, and I think, what the heck am I doing here? They’ve made amazing things. I just went where I was sent.”
And I said, “Yes. But you were the first man on the moon. I think that counts for something.”
And I felt a bit better. Because if Neil Armstrong felt like an imposter, maybe everyone did. Maybe there weren’t any grown-ups, only people who had worked hard and also got lucky and were slightly out of their depth, all of us doing the best job we could, which is all we can really hope for.
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Article List— What I’m reading (10 articles a day x 7 days x 4 weeks x 12 months = 3360 articles a year).
Bike-hailing companies are paying a heavy price in bribes and levies to operate in Lagos: Read: “Lagos loves to stifle innovation”.
African startups are making the risky bet of expanding beyond the continent for growth and profits: Summary: go for it but be cautious while you at it.
VC's decade in data: How the 2010s reshaped a market
Ghana’s Year of Return is on its way to success so the government should stop using bad data: Bad data = bad results. Next year is an election year…watch out for a lot more of these.
10 big things: Things fall apart at WeWork: Bad deals of 2019
How Tesla Will Change Your Life: In the spirit of $TSLA reaching its all time high on the stock market.
India Inc is growing disenchanted with Narendra Modi: “Business-friendly government.”
Efficiently plan and execute profitable events using Festival Coins: 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Insight: Microtraction’s strategy for investing in ‘remarkable’ startups: And more microtraction
Podcast— What I’m listening to (1 podcast episode a day= 365 podcast episodes a year) — Broadening my experiences through others’ stories.
The Missing Crypto Queen: Haven’t listened but was on the top 10 podcasts for 2019. Looking forward to understanding what the hype is all about.
Book— 1 Chapter a day x 7 days x 4 weeks x 12 months = 336 chapters. Most books have 10-12 chapters, so 1 year = 28 to 33 books. And my book list is nearing 1000 books. Send help 🌚
Revisited a gem, The Startup of You, yesterday. My notes are elite ngl. I could share them one of these days. Biggest take away— “Most people shouldn’t start companies. The long odds of success, combined with the constant emotional whiplash, makes starting a business the right path for only some people. But all humans are entrepreneurs.”
📱📱Quote of the day
“Each week, I fly on JetBlue flights and talk to customers so i can find out how we can improve our airline.”
Remember: “Until the lion learns to write, every story will glorify the hunter.”