If you’ve ever felt unqualified for a position, consider these inequivalent phrases:

“I’m unqualified.”
“Even with hard work, I cannot become qualified.”
“I don't have much experience.”
“I cannot gain experience.”
“I don’t have the requisite skills.”
“I’m unable to learn new skills.”

It’s unlikely that one would hold all of these statements to be true.

In most cases, “lacking qualifications” is not permanent state.

We can be beginners. We can grow. We can adapt.

But we can’t do any of it if we embrace “I’m unqualified” as a rigid verdict.

It’s only a verdict if we make it so.