festa5
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Good advice here. I would just add that worry and anxiety over what other people think about you (ie colleagues/managers etc) is counter-productive.
Try to develop more of a "don't give a monkeys what you think" attitude and instead, focus purely on your own performance and your own satisfaction.
This is also a great point. Nearly every time I've gone for a promotion I've thought "this is it now, this is my level, no interested in going further". Then a year or 2 down the line I start to feel differently and notice there are some right idiots working at the level above. Sometimes out of their depth, but it doesn't seem to bother them.
There's something to be said for a lack of self awareness. But not something you can control. However you can get it into the mindset of caring less about how you're perceived. I can guarantee there'll be people doing the same job (or higher) as you who are utterly useless.
"Someone with half your IQ is making 10x as much as you because they aren't smart enough to doubt themselves".
(Ed Latimor).