Learning to Trust Yourself

I used to "defer" to attorneys with more experience than me. 🤦🏻‍♀️

If they said something that I thought was wrong legally, I would assume that they knew better than me.

Of course, I'd always go and look things up, and many times I was right. But in the moment, I wouldn't want to look stupid or like I got something wrong.

This is the ugly side of imposter syndrome or being a green attorney.

You don't trust yourself yet.

Do yourself a favor and TRUST YOURSELF.

You know what you are doing.

You belong here.

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Has this ever happened to you before? How do you manage these feelings of not wanting to look foolish in your law practice?