# @alisonshamir on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DL2AwskSZGP
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/59856300-alisonshamir-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-07-08T10:45:40.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Alison Shamir✨Imposter Syndrome Expert & International Speaker (@alisonshamir) — https://gondola.cc/alisonshamir

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I broke up with Imposter Syndrome.

Not because I have special powers or am special in any way.

Because I made a choice to do so. 

This isn’t just a photo with my book.

It’s a testament to what’s possible when you decide you’re done letting fear hold the pen in your story.

For years in my previous life as a Technology Leader, I was the high achiever who never felt good enough. On the outside, I was confident, successful, and in control. On the inside, I was bracing for the day someone would call me out as a fraud.

That’s what Imposter Syndrome does. 

It convinces you you’re unworthy of the very success you worked so hard to earn.

It robs you of the ability to ‘feel’ successful.

My turning point wasn’t glamorous. It was a panic attack at work that shook me to my core in 2013.

Since 📕 Conquer Your imposter™ was released globally on April 2nd my life and career has entered a new chapter. 

Here I am, holding a book I wrote about that journey and what has now become my expertise for more than a decade. 

Signing it for people. 

Seeing my name on the cover.

It’s surreal. Truly.

Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine this was possible.

But that’s what happens when you do the work to Conquer Your Imposter:

☑️ You don’t just achieve success, you own it.
☑️ You don’t question if you deserve to be in the room, you know you do.
☑️ You don’t wait for permission to speak or stand in your authentic strengths, you do/claim it.

If you’re battling that negative story today, know this: 

You don’t have to live with it forever. 

You can dismantle the fear that undermines your success.

And on the other side? 

Your potential is limitless. 

Because you won’t just achieve the success you truly want, you’ll internalise it, own it and know you belong. 

Is it time to break up with Imposter Syndrome? 

📕 Conquer Your Imposter™ is available globally 🌎 LINK IN BIO 🔗📱 

📸 myfgarven_creative and the wonderful gencollective for hosting /partnering for the Newcastle Book Launch. 

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