From the course: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
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What is imposter syndrome?
From the course: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
What is imposter syndrome?
- Maya Angelou was an accomplished author and a Pulitzer Prize nominee for poetry. She won Tony and Grammy awards and the Nation Medal of Arts, and was awarded more than 50 honorary degrees. And here's how she described her experience. I've written 11 books, but each time, I think uh-oh, they're going to find out now. I've run a game on everyone, and they're going to find me out. You see, Maya Angelou had imposter syndrome. Imposter syndrome isn't something you see from the outside. It's a psychological phenomenon where people believe they're a fraud. That they've only accomplished anything because of luck or hard work or who they know, not because they're smart and talented. Imposter syndrome makes us believe that our success has only happened because we somehow tricked others into believing we're worthy. We are literally imposters in our work, playing the role of someone talented and competent. When doctors Pauline…
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