i’ll always be adisappointmenti measure mycompetencebased on“what”/“howmuch” iknow/can doi shudderwhensomeonesays i’m anexperti takeeverythingtoo fari need toprepare myskills foreverythingiprocrastinatei will neverknowenoughi need toimprove myskills in orderto succeedi onlyfocus onthe skills idon’t havei strive tobulk upmy skilli don’t apply tocertain jobs if idon’t have everysingle skill theymentioned in thejob descriptioni’mcompetitivei feel like iactually haveno right to ajob that i’mdoingi’mconstantlyseekingout traininganythingbelow100% isfailurei fear beingexposed asunknowledgeablei fear beingexposed asinexperiencedi willnever beenoughthere’salwaysmore tolearni need tomastereverythingeven afterworking for along time, i stilldONT KNOWENOUGH.i endlesslyseek outmoreinformationi am just waitingfor those i’mworking with tofind out howincompetent ireally amonlyperfectionisacceptablei’ll always be adisappointmenti measure mycompetencebased on“what”/“howmuch” iknow/can doi shudderwhensomeonesays i’m anexperti takeeverythingtoo fari need toprepare myskills foreverythingiprocrastinatei will neverknowenoughi need toimprove myskills in orderto succeedi onlyfocus onthe skills idon’t havei strive tobulk upmy skilli don’t apply tocertain jobs if idon’t have everysingle skill theymentioned in thejob descriptioni’mcompetitivei feel like iactually haveno right to ajob that i’mdoingi’mconstantlyseekingout traininganythingbelow100% isfailurei fear beingexposed asunknowledgeablei fear beingexposed asinexperiencedi willnever beenoughthere’salwaysmore tolearni need tomastereverythingeven afterworking for along time, i stilldONT KNOWENOUGH.i endlesslyseek outmoreinformationi am just waitingfor those i’mworking with tofind out howincompetent ireally amonlyperfectionisacceptable

impostor syndrome: The Expert - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. i’ll always be a disappointment
  2. i measure my competence based on “what”/“how much” i know/can do
  3. i shudder when someone says i’m an expert
  4. i take everything too far
  5. i need to prepare my skills for everything
  6. i procrastinate
  7. i will never know enough
  8. i need to improve my skills in order to succeed
  9. i only focus on the skills i don’t have
  10. i strive to bulk up my skill
  11. i don’t apply to certain jobs if i don’t have every single skill they mentioned in the job description
  12. i’m competitive
  13. i feel like i actually have no right to a job that i’m doing
  14. i’m constantly seeking out training
  15. anything below 100% is failure
  16. i fear being exposed as unknowledgeable
  17. i fear being exposed as inexperienced
  18. i will never be enough
  19. there’s always more to learn
  20. i need to master everything
  21. even after working for a long time, i still dONT KNOW ENOUGH.
  22. i endlessly seek out more information
  23. i am just waiting for those i’m working with to find out how incompetent i really am
  24. only perfection is acceptable