The one thing I could offer that would benefit my fellow entrepreneurs the most? Clarity.

Unfortunately, it’s not something I can sell. You pretty much have to set off on a traditional hero’s journey with fantasy animal friends in order to find it for yourself.

Some people do try to sell clarity — or the promise of clarity.

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I don’t remember when I started hearing about it, but soon I started hearing about it everywhere.

Suddenly, imposter syndrome was the thing, even though the term has been around since the 1970s. So many people in my circle were writing about it, talking about it, and apparently suffering from it.

However, I have observed a distortion in our collective discussions about imposter syndrome. People are using the label to describe feelings of insecurity about their inexperience or lack of qualifications.

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Even as a college student, the only practical career I could visualize for myself was to be a teacher.

I didn’t know much about other careers, and my obsession with music precluded my pursuit of even learning about them. So when I went to college, it was to study music education — a worthy compromise.

I never could have imagined where I’d end up. After all, when I was a kid, there was no Internet.

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With the number of lobster buoys dotting Penobscot Bay like sprinkles on an ice cream cone, it was inevitable at some point.

This weekend, we ran right over one in our sailboat.

We had guests on board, and we had been looking for dolphins. When we finally spotted some, we “hove to,” which is a way of immediately stopping a sailboat in motion.

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Have you ever scrolled all the way back to the beginning of someone’s social media feed, YouTube channel, or blog?

Unless they have deleted their early efforts or actually began their journey elsewhere, you will likely find content that is not at the level of professionalism, refinement, and focus of their most recent work.

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