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You’re Not an Imposter. You’re Actually Pretty Amazing
by Kess Eruteya
Do you feel like a fraud? Many of us do. Perhaps you started a new job and believe you have less experience than you need, despite being the perfect candidate on paper. Or maybe your boss trusted you with an assignment that you feel totally unprepared to lead, regardless of your flawless track record.
There is a name for this feeling: imposter syndrome. Around one-third of young people suffer from it, and 70% of everyone else is likely to experience it at some point in their lives.1
Imposter syndrome is often tied to our identities and sense of self-worth. In the late 1970s, psychologists Pauline Rose Clance and Suzanne Imes coined the term in a research paper about high-achieving ...
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