Neil Gaiman’s story about imposter syndrome rewired my brain.
Neil Gaiman’s story about imposter syndrome rewired my brain. https://t.co/vMcBjTnCSu
@TaraWineQueen This genuinely had an immediate & significant positive effect on me: thank you
@TaraWineQueen so basically what he meant was anyone could have been the first man on the moon, because it's just putting on a space suit and stepping out of a space rocket, all these other people have actually worked hard and invented stuff? 😬
@TaraWineQueen @hellstem So the lesson here is that the bald guy in the picture was the imposter. Got it. 😂
@TaraWineQueen @Scientits This is the most Neil Gaiman story ever 😁
@TaraWineQueen Some people are lucky enough to realize this pretty early on in life. For me, it was someone I looked to for strength for most of my childhood, only to realize "Oh... they don't actually know what the fuck they're doing either... maybe everybody is like this" It was freeing.
@TaraWineQueen You can really tell this was written by an author because of how he didn't reveal too soon who he was talking to, it really multiplies the effect. He even affords to hint his first name without breaking the charm (the asterisk put it at risk though).