Have you heard of Imposter Syndrome? It’s the idea that you’ve only succeeded due to luck, and not because of your talent or qualifications.

Well, I suffer from a baaad case of it!

When I first started in this industry, I was straight out of high school with no skills and really no idea. I wanted to become an interior designer, so I got a job working for a high-end luxury builder... the issue was my job was scanning plans for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week #boooring. I was the ultimate sh*t kicker!! But I was determined to work my way up (the hard way) and every time I got nervous, I’d put on a brave face and told myself to “fake it ‘til you make it!”.

Well, its 12 years later and some days I still feel like a fraud and wonder how much experience I’ll need under my belt before I finally think ‘I’ve made it!!’

I started at the bottom of the ladder and have done 7 different roles so I’m a bit of a jack-of-all-trades, master of none.

I certainly don’t know it all, but I know a little bit about every part of building.

Some of the roles were incredible and some were very testing.

• Construction Coordinator – It’s so boring but it taught me how to communicate with trades and read plans.
• Client Liaison –It’s a thankless job but you work closely with the site managers, so you learn how homes are built.
• Prestart Consultant – It seems like a glamourous interior design job but there's actually heaps of paperwork to do.
• Contract Administrator – I learnt a lot about the owner and builders’ rights.
• Sales Consultant – You don’t get paid unless you sell a home so there’s a lot of stress but it’s awesome helping clients into their own home.
• Executive Assistant – This role really opened my eyes and taught me how the entire business operates because each department within a building company is very segregated from each other.
• Sales Trainer – I’m proud of this role because the people I trained are excellent, well-respected professionals that genuinely care.

Just quietly, I’ve endured my fair share of mistakes & heartaches during that time.

It’s those mistakes, that have taught me the most and hopefully I’ve made all the mistakes, so that you don’t have to!