Participating in communities

Once you have identified communities, it is time to start participating. You cannot reap the benefits of a community by being silent and only observing within the community. To enjoy the benefits, you need to participate and contribute. You identified and joined the community – that is awesome.

Congratulations! That is only the beginning. Now comes the more challenging aspect of figuring out how to participate. This can be daunting and overwhelming at times. In all our combined years of experience, all of us have experienced some form of imposter syndrome. It might be easier to just call it part of the human condition! Imposter syndrome is the persistent belief that our own accomplishments or our own success are not due to our skills or efforts but given to us through some sort of mistake and that, at some point, we may be found to be an inexperienced fraud who does not belong. This can also sometimes lead to anxiety about being placed in certain...