Successful, purpose-driven professionals with high aspirations can find themselves crippled with insecurity, doubting themselves even as they achieve milestone after milestone. This is a condition known as imposter syndrome. Here’s how you can combat it.

Your vision is the grandest, highest, greatest thing you can imagine for yourself. Martin Luther King Jr. galvanized a civil rights movement that changed the fabric of American life for black and brown people. It started with a vision. Learn from his legacy and let your vision guide your course so that you achieve things in your life and work far greater than you could have ever imagined.

Our words leave an indelible print of our time here on earth. Our words can uplift, edify, elevate, or enlighten. Or they can dis-empower, tear down, vilify and condemn. In our spheres of influence, our words leave a legacy that should give us pause before we speak, tweet, post, or share. Learning to harness the power of our words matters so much more when our views become increasingly divergent from one another. As a purpose-driven woman, ensure that you wield the power of your words wisely.

Authenticity is at the heart of every powerful, impactful, and influential leader. As an aspiring leader, the fastest path to crafting a brand reputation that is aligned with the best of what you have to offer is simply being authentic. Only when your actions and words are congruent with your beliefs and values and you are showing up fully as yourself, are you leading authentically. It is your differentiator, your secret sauce.

Acting as If is a simple technique I use in my coaching practice as it encourages clients to think, act, and feel as if they have a desired state. When I use Acting as If in coaching, I’m inviting my clients to speak from a future state and to embody the behaviors, attitudes, and actions that are true in that state. This enables them to try on new ways of being, and when paired with visualization and affirmation, can become a powerful force for enduring change.

Many newbies think personal branding is all about their social media presence and website design. While these are certainly important aspects of your marketing and branding, the heart of your personal brand is about you—your entire persona. It includes your personality, strengths, values, beliefs, experiences, and your own image. Here are six personal branding checkpoints.

Personal branding is still a concept that is misunderstood among women who are new in the quest to carve a niche for themselves. But it is a critical component of marketing, as it informs your messaging and is the heart of your identity as a professional or business owner. Make sure you build it on a solid foundation.

Humility is not typically thought as a strength, and certainly not a core leadership attribute. But a closer examination of trailblazing leaders of our time highlights that they all possessed the quiet trait of humility, and argues that this trait is what helped them to achieve their success.