# @alisonshamir on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-09-08T10:00:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Alison Shamir✨Imposter Syndrome Expert & International Speaker (@alisonshamir) — https://gondola.cc/alisonshamir

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Imposter Syndrome is NOT Inexperience, it’s the opposite.

If you’re new to something, it’s normal to doubt yourself. That’s inexperience. 

It simply means you need time, training, and exposure to build capability and competence. 

But Imposter Syndrome?

That’s when you already have the experience, the talent, skills and the evidence of success, but you still feel like a fraud.

▪️You’re not lacking knowledge.
▪️You’re not faking it.
▪️You’re just not internalising your success.

This is the fundamental difference:

⚫ Inexperience = Self Doubt at times because you need experience.

⚫ Imposter Syndrome = You have experience & evidence, but you’re dismissing or denying it.

Imposter Syndrome isn’t solved by doing more or gaining more.

It’s solved by changing the story you tell yourself about yourself and what you’ve already done, so you can start BELIEVING IT 📣 

It’s a Myth: that Imposter Syndrome happens when you’re unqualified. 
If you’re unqualified (which is ok, as we all learn and grow) it’s highly likely to be Self Doubt NOT Imposter Syndrome. 

So this is your reminder: 

You don’t feel like a fraud because you’re inexperienced, you feel like a fraud because you’re ignoring your experience.

You don’t need to be the smartest, the best, the richest or look and sound like everyone else on the room. 

You belong just as you are, because you’ve earned your place.

But it’s up to you to remind yourself of this. 

It’s wonderful when others believe in us - but it’s not enough to remove Imposter Syndrome, we have to believe in ourselves. 

You hold the power, not the Imposter Syndrome. 

And that’s exactly what I share in my Book - Conquer Your Imposter™

📕An Expert guide and global tool kit to help you understand, navigate and conquer Imposter Syndrome. 

Conquer Your Imposter™️ is available globally in Print, Kindle and Audio from wherever you love to buy your books. 

🔗 📕 Link in bio📱 

Any questions on Imposter Syndrome? 
Pop them below 👇🏽🙏🏾

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