Confidence is a strange, wobbly thing

Alysha Khan • public
• 1 min read

It's been a seesaw kind of week.

The email community was rocked by the acquisition of Litmus and the subsequent layoffs of folks whose names were almost synonymous with the company.

A good friend started a new role this week and we've been chatting about how imposter syndrome just sneaks up on you no matter how accomplished you are.

I'm working on a client project that is momentarily fine but is also I suspect one sneeze away from utter disaster and I don't know if I can prevent it.

Someone I respect greatly left an incredibly kind comment on one of my LinkedIn posts and I'm still smiling about it.

Then the very next day, I had a brainstorming call with a different someone I deeply respect to discuss a potential solution for a client and it was quickly very clear that this lovely person was wildly overestimating my technical abilities. I was 50% flattered. I was also 50% dear god, I'm going to disappoint the ever-loving heck out of this person if they ever find out the truth.

The point I'm getting to is that some weeks, the universe makes it pretty hard to maintain confidence in your own professional skills. And this is especially true if you are anyone who is not a straight white male.

So here's the reminder I tell myself.

Everyone has their own unique set of strengths.

Your strengths do not cancel out your weaknesses.

And it takes all kinds to make the world go around so your strengths will also never be canceled out by someone else's strength.

Bonus points for those in Marketing Ops: Master the fundamentals. Build your professional confidence on your mastery of the fundamentals and watch yourself soar.

See you next week,

🫶🏽 Alysha

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