It is a bit after eleven and tomorrow there is a meeting, or a conversation you have been putting off, or a decision that has to be made by Friday. You are not asleep. You are running it on a loop in your mind, every version of how it might go, each one ending somewhere […]
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You know the feeling. You’re about to send the message, make the call, put yourself forward, and a voice pipes up: are you sure? What if you’re wrong? What if you’re not up to this? For a lot of capable people, that voice is a near-constant companion, and its favourite trick is to sound like
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The Superhuman Imposter In the fifth post focusing on the five types of Imposter Syndrome as identified by Dr Valerie Young, we look at the fifth type which is less about perfectionism, knowledge, or doing things alone, and instead is about doing everything, and still feeling like it’s not enough. This is the Superhuman Imposter: the
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Why Your Mind Makes You Feel Like a Fraud (And What Evolution Has to Do With It) Have you ever wondered why your mind so often tells you you’re not good enough, that you’re just winging it, or that you’re about to be “found out”? You’re not alone. These are hallmark experiences of imposter syndrome,
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