This will be the closing piece on Imposter Syndrome, focusing on how I accepted it and integrated it, and then closing the loop.

Today we will explore Imposter Syndrome.  It can be defined as: “A psychological pattern where individuals doubt their accomplishments and fear being exposed as a ‘fraud’, despite evident success and recognition”. People with Imposter Syndrome often attribute their achievements to luck or external factors rather than their own skills and effort. This can lead to chronic self-doubt, an inability to internalize success, and a persistent fear of being ‘found out’.”

A universally good habit is to be situationally aware.  This was always something I tried to drum into young engineers, especially ones that had no athletics background who tended to struggle with being present in the physical world.  A construction or commissioning site can be dangerous, especially to someone who is not aware of what is going on around them, paying attention to  their senses, the sounds, smells, vibrations, visual things that tell of some impending danger. 

A couple of years ago I dusted off my hard copy of Lord of the Rings and read the whole thing again.  I think this was my third time reading the three books again.  It is such a richer experience than the movies, and I really liked the movies.  I love the more complex grammar and vocabulary; it is not written in the way we speak today needing the reader to think differently.  There are so many passages in the books that go way deeper.  The last time I read the whole thing had to be almost twenty years ago.  There are some books that need re-reading and this is one of them.