Me, My Thoughts and I
A Collection of Thought Drops Designed to Increase Confidence and Reduce Imposter Syndrome
by Debora Gemmell

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Are you a successful, talented professional who secretly struggles with your inner critic and not feeling good enough? Are you a high performer who is drained from the ongoing effort to be productive while wearing a mask to hide insecurities? These 140 thought drops, written by leadership life and business coach Debora Gemmell and others in the Thrive community, are designed to help capable individuals increase self-confidence and reduce imposter syndrome. By shifting your mindset and consciously selecting your thoughts, the influences such as fear, worry and doubt that have dictated your life will fade, and you will start to embrace the truth that you are worthy, capable, and equipped with the talents needed to create and achieve the life, relationships, career and impact you desire. This collection of tips, tools and insights (like the one below) will change your thinking . . . and your life! Growth Most people think the purpose of work is to earn money. The more money you make, the happier you will be. Some people who make a solid living are happy, but it’s not because they make a good wage. Work exists for us to contribute, be of service, evolve, and create. Work is a place for us to discover and apply our many talents that would otherwise go unseen, in any other situation. Consider This: If you were to embrace this attitude, how might it changer your perspective and increase your level of enjoyment at work? Are you willing to try it out for a couple of weeks and see what happens? I AM finding more enjoyment in my work and seeing it as a place to stretch myself to uncover new hidden talents.

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"Me, My Thoughts and I is something extremely special that will help so many! ” - Georgina Burns, Marketing Executive

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Debora Gemmell has been a leadership life and business coach since 2017. After years of working in a corporate setting, personal development and mentoring, she began professional coaching full time in 2019, becoming an entrepreneur for the first time at age fifty-four. She has helped many talented professionals and young adults around the world improve their self-image and diminish limiting beliefs so that they can become their true potential and be the greatest version of their grandest self. In 2023 and 2025, she was nominated as one of the Top fifteen coaches in Toronto by online lifestyle and marketing magazine, Influence Digest. To learn more about Debora’s coaching services or to sign up for her monthly newsletter, visit: www.deboragemmell.com

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