"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?"<p>I believe that too be so true. And I personally think I am guilty. I am always beating myself down for not being good enough (and reading blogs and following all the superstars of the tech world does not do much to boost your ego) [Of course, I probably am not good enough, but looking down instead of up does affect your morale].<p>On a similar note, I just came across this book [<a href="http://tinyurl.com/2eyjjc" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/2eyjjc</a>] that I believe talks along the same lines.<p>bcater: I have occasionally said things like that, after solving a hard algorithm, or just refactoring some messy code, I would turn around to my colleagues and say "Yeah, I am that good" [from House, MD the show] and you are right, you can't fake it. It comes from absolute conviction.