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You are ''It''

You have been looking though job description and you convinced yourself that you are not good enough for any of them. Yet, you have been working on various ventures, you have built up things from the ground up, others are aware of your value. Yet, you are certain that you will never fit in any of those descriptions, earn as much, succeed as much. The language they use is intimidating. You do not feel that any tasks actions you have complete could match their requirements. To boost your confidence up, you attend a career workshops. I am not the only one there, there are many others like me who have the skill, the training, the experience of dealing with compllicated projects and they do not feel that they are it.
''You are ''It'' the facilitator say
''Really?'' we wonder
First action to take > to believe it.
Results will follow through
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