You’re Not an Imposter. You’re Actually Pretty Amazing.

Metadata

• Author: Kess Eruteya
• Full Title: You’re Not an Imposter. You’re Actually Pretty Amazing.
• Category: #articles
• Document Tags: leadership
• URL: https://hbr.org/2022/01/youre-not-an-imposter-youre-actually-pretty-amazing?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter_monthly&utm_campaign=ascendhotlist_not_activesubs&deliveryName=DM264080

Highlights

• Imposter syndrome is often tied to our identities and sense of self-worth. Back in the late ’70s psychologists Pauline Rose Clance and Suzanne Imes coined the term in a research paper, noting three critical attributes of the phenomenon:
  1. Thinking that people have an exaggerated view of your abilities
  2. The fear of being exposed as a fraud
  3. The continuous tendency to downplay your achievements (View Highlight)