A Traumatic Sentence

I heard a sentence many years ago which traumatized me and which I've never been able to forget. Someone said, "She thinks she's good at what she does, that is the problem." It wasn't said about me, but I forever live in fear of the same thing being thought about me, whispered behind my back. The only way I've known to escape this is to never think I'm good at what I do. A forced but genuine humility, which, though crippling, has its advantage. Better to be good and doubt it than bad and have no doubts. 

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