Impostor Syndrome has been rightly dubbed as the “workplace anxiety du jour”. To me, it can show up as a barrier to an emerging leader’s performance, rather than a lack of skill set, experience or training. Looking back at my own career, I have had the fortune of holding leadership positions in many high growth companies. Interestingly, I got opportunistically hired into most of these roles, rather than applying to open positions. Every time I would get a role, I would wonder if I would have been able to get it, if the role was to be formally published with many qualified candidates competing for it. Needless to say, I have faced imposter syndrome many times in life—before joining a new job, while getting promoted or sometimes even when someone appreciated me—only to later realize that feeling like an imposter is completely okay, if you know how to overcome it.