Success is supposed to build confidence. And yet some of the most accomplished people carry a persistent, quiet fear that they are not as capable as everyone around them believes. They attribute their wins to luck, brace for the moment they get “found out,” and push harder to stay ahead of a failure that never quite arrives. It does not matter how many milestones they hit or how consistently they deliver. The internal narrative stays the same. Something is off, the success is

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