When I started in audio, I thought, who am I to do this?
What do I know? Who would listen to me? Follow ME?!?
Maybe you feel this way all the time?
This is Imposter Syndrome, and it's alive and well in all of us.
A disease of the creative mind that never leaves. It's only our own mental strength that keeps him at bay.
When I first started Audio Issues, I thought, well...I'm just writing down what I'm learning. There's no harm.
But then people started reading and following.
I built an audience. And just so you know: the bigger the audience, the more nervous you get and the bigger your Imposter Syndrome grows.
I'd think, what if I actually don't know anything?
What if all of my followers are actually just following me because it's just one big joke?
I imagined that in the end, they'd pull the curtain and say, "Gotcha! We fooled you this entire time! You were SILLY to think you could help others."
Obviously, this is absurd, but it demonstrates a feeling that I bet you feel all the time.
You may not have 50,000+ people on your email list or thousands of people reading your books and taking your courses.
Because you may be thinking, who am I to do this?
Who would listen to me?
But the thing is, you never know until you try.
Doing nothing guarantees zero results.
But taking action and deciding to make an impact with your music, that's the first step.
However...Imposter Syndrome doesn't go away.
He doesn't just go, "ah well, looks like you're actually smart. I'll go back into my cage then..."
That's not how it works. The higher you progress at every level, the longer he'll stay there with you, like the dark side of your personality that he truly is.
If life is about balance and your creativity is the foot that's keeping you perched on the tight rope of life, he's the one whispering in your ear with a mischievous smile, "I dare you not to fall."
It's really up to you whether you want to fight that battle.
But, wouldn't you rather see what you can achieve than give up to him right away?
You're going to give up to someone who isn't even real?
Imposter Syndrome doesn't go away. He's still there when you wake up in the morning and decide to start your new thing.
When you release your next song.
When you finish your next mix.
When people start following you, and you start building an audience.
Even when things are going so great, and you win an award, he'll whisper, "did we really deserve this? It must be a mistake."
And you expect the cage to fall because the universe couldn't have possibly picked you, right?
You'll think, "who am I to accept this success?"
If you relate to this message, know that everyone suffers from this from time to time.
It's natural.
But it's the truly successful who push on, break through, and keep going despite their negative self-talk.
Because that's all it is. It's you talking to yourself.
Would you ever say the things you say to yourself to another person without feeling guilty?
Of course not. We say the most hurtful things to ourselves. You would hate a person if they were to say the same things to you.
So how about you flip the script?
Instead of saying, "Who am I to do this..." put your fucking foot down and say, "I am doing this."
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Let's do this!
Björgvin