Comments on: Entrepreneurs Who Feel Like Imposters

By: Intrepid

Intrepid — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 19:52:45 +0000

Actually, that kind of a self-doubt might even be a good thing. It keeps you in check, and ensures a little dose of humility into our dealings. Sometimes it’s easy to feel on top of the world when you’re making more money than most people you know. Lucky breaks are often the most significant steps on the ladder to success

By: Penelope Trunk

Penelope Trunk — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:06:28 +0000

When people tell their story – of how they became so successful – I am always suspicious of people who don’t show the part where they were very lucky. Each very successful person has it. It’s delusional to think you don’t deserve success, but it’s also delusional to not notice good luck.

The successful entrepreneurs are probably better at drumming up good luck. In many cases, I think that’s where the credit is due to entrepreneurs: Relentlessness and optimism.

By: Bob V

Bob V — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 14:34:42 +0000

Whether their feeling is accurate or not probably doen’t dictate whether it is a syndrome. Rather, we have how normal people behave and how abnormal people behave. It doesn’t matter if the abnormal people are actually right!

By the way, I am suspicious of calling anything that two out of five successful people have a “syndrome”.