![]() Young said - anyone who has the pressure of accomplishing “firsts.”īut there are ways to overcome feeling like an impostor - beginning by recognizing that it’s more than just a feeling.įeel a wave of self-doubt coming on? You might be suffering from impostor syndrome - and part of what makes it so complicated is that there’s no one way that it plays out. It tends to affect minority groups disproportionately, Ms. ![]() It persists through college and graduate school and into the working world, where women tend to judge their performance as worse than they objectively are while men judge their own as better. According to Valerie Young, an educator and the author of “The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women,” it is common among high achievers, creative people and students. It’s that nagging feeling that you’re not good enough, that you don’t belong, that you don’t deserve the job, the promotion, the book deal, the seat at the table. ![]() The term “impostor syndrome” wasn’t coined until 1978 (by two American psychologists, Pauline Clance and Suzanne Imes), but it’s safe to assume that women have always felt it. My impostor syndrome has played out during public speeches, job negotiations and when I received my first book deal - prompting me to ask, “But why would anyone pay money to read what I have to say?” My editor, a woman, didn’t miss a beat: “I often wonder the same about my editing!” she said. ![]()
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