About the Impostor Instinct, Superpower, and an Honest Pivot

Two years ago I built Litseller, and at that time I did not fully realize that I had essentially created an LLM system orchestrating the GPT API.

Today, such systems are already considered a separate direction, but back then it was simply a way for me to solve a problem.

After that, Start4Drive, Toqen.app, and Allado.app followed.

Over this time, I realized one very important thing.

Every person has their own superpower.

This is not abstract. I have seen it many times in real life.

Throughout my career, I have worked with many different people and kept noticing the same pattern. A person can be average in one area, but in another they become completely different. Precise, fast, deep. As if it is their natural state.

There is a saying that if a person is talented, they are talented in everything. I no longer believe that.

Every person is talented in something of their own.

I have seen people do things that I looked at with genuine admiration, not understanding how it was even possible. At the same time, I heard the same from them about my work.

At that moment, it becomes obvious: it is not about being universal. It is about your zone of strength.

And trying to be a universal key to every door is a mistake.

The impostor instinct, for me, is not about weakness. It is an internal signal that you have entered a new territory. A place where not everything is clear yet, where you are a beginner again, where you need to grow.

That means you have hit the point. The direction you actually need.

This instinct is connected to an inner drive. Your real talent shows you the direction.

If at some point you feel like a master and it seems that everything in this area is already clear, that is also a signal. No one knows everything. No one can do everything. There is only the path, growth, and continuous improvement.

If you start to feel a sense of completion, it means it is time to honestly look at your trajectory and find a new direction for growth.

I can try as much as I want, read, experiment, push myself into marketing and sales, but my real strength is elsewhere.

I am an engineer.

I think in systems, build complex things, turn ideas into working products, and take responsibility for architecture, code, stability, and quality.

And that is what I want to keep developing.

Now, with GPT and other tools, there is an illusion that you can become stronger in everything at once.

Yes, they help you get knowledge quickly, understand new areas, and make decisions.

But I realized something important.

They amplify your superpower. They do not create it.

You will not become equally strong in everything, even with the most powerful tools.

That is why I am making an important pivot: I am focusing on where I can deliver the most value.

And I want to build business, marketing, and growth together with a partner whose superpower is in that domain.

I do not have that partner yet, but I am open to a conversation.

I have working products, a strong technical foundation, experience, and the drive to keep building. I take full responsibility for my domain.

The next post will be about the technical details of how I built the Litseller system. I think engineers will find it interesting.