Does anyone else feel like a fraud? Just want a sanity check that it’s not just me

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Not anymore. Once you realise everyone around you (almost everyone) is pretending - it gets easier... raises other fundamental questions though...

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We’re all faking it at some level in this business. The trick is to not let on that you’re a faker by sounding confident and as if you actually know something.

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All the time! 🙋🏻‍♀️

Can you expand on why and how you feel like a fraud?

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