Comment by SoMuchForSubtlety (tod-oliver) on Inside Views, Impostor Syndrome, and the Great LARP · 2023-10-16T12:23:13.329Z · LW · GW

Nice post, thank you.

The concept of beginners mind has proven absolutely invaluable to me in regards to all this. If anyone isn't familiar and is suffering from imposter syndrome while all those around you hail you as an expert or "SME", take a look at it. Each morning I remember two things:

1. I could die at any moment.
2. I should always strive to have a beginners mind.

This has significantly improved my well-being as well as my performance. Not uncommon advice but that's for a reason. 

Comment by SoMuchForSubtlety (tod-oliver) on Open & Welcome Thread - May 2023 · 2023-05-30T17:52:16.108Z · LW · GW

Hello all, 

I am just another human trying to keep my beginners mind. I have learned so much from reading the sequence highlights and other posts here already, hoping one day to have something to contribute.

Cheers