The fear of not being good enough

The fear of not being good enough is fairly pervasive in most first-world workplaces, I’d argue. (Hell, it’s fairly pervasive in life as a whole.) There is legitimate research that most people’s №1 fear about work is being seen as incompetent. That’s essentially the same thing as a fear of not being good enough.

This isn’t necessarily surprising to me — and probably shouldn’t be to you either. We have a…

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Mostly write about work, leadership, friendship, masculinity, male infertility, and some other stuff along the way. It's a pleasure to be here.

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Ted Bauer

Mostly write about work, leadership, friendship, masculinity, male infertility, and some other stuff along the way. It's a pleasure to be here.