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| Don't Want to Be the One Everyone is Waiting For |
It's safe to be in the middle of the pack. Anonymous. Not taking the responsibility of leading, or taking any blame. But when you're the last...in anything, you feel differently.
The last one running for the bus. The last one in line. The last one to arrive.
Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to waltz into a room and give a five-minute impromptu speech? Wouldn’t it be amazing to do your first half-marathon and finish ahead of many other competitors who trained diligently?
In this Science of Us article on the NY Mag site we can take a short quiz to see our level of Impostor-worry. Whether we feel like a fraud or just a general clod, let’s face it,
we all face the fear in different circumstances.
Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to waltz into a room and give a five-minute impromptu speech? Wouldn’t it be amazing to do your first half-marathon and finish ahead of many other competitors who trained diligently?
I have a friend who is a wonderful singer and pianist, her
downfall, she can’t dance! Who would have thought that someone who loves music, couldn't dance? When she and her husband
went for dancing lessons, their teacher suggested practising in
the bathtub, to tame her down a bit. It seems my friend took steps that were
out of control.
