The steps

1. Be a perfectionist
2. Run before you can walk
3. Reject the value of your specialization
4. Be uncompromising in your decision making process
5. Categorize everything into right vs wrong
6. Become discouraged by the successes of others
7. Never allow yourself to make mistakes
8. Fail to acknowledge the growth of others around you
9. Compete more than collaborate
10. Deem your weaknesses personal shortcomings
11. Avoid learning things you feel you should know by now since learning now would imply you haven't known this whole time
12. Try to use your tools perfectly the first time you use them
13. Stop believing in your abilities
14. Don't believe the people who believe in your abilities
15. Define yourself by the you work you do
16. Fail to realize just how much you actually know
17. Become overwhelmed with how much left there is to learn
18. Forget it's okay to not know everything
19. Stop asking for help
20. Stop sharing your work

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