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Impostor Syndrome

Intelligence for Your Career: Lessons From John Tesh

Maureen Anderson | Posted 05.16.2013 | Business
Read More: Finding Work You Love, Being Nice, Impostor Syndrome, Priorities, Time Management, Callings, Success Tips, Business News
Maureen Anderson

The entertainer John Tesh was once quoted as saying he's really not that busy. If the host of the syndicated radio program Intelligence for Your Life didn't feel squeezed for time, I figured the rest of us could learn something.

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My Own Worst Enemy

Kate Baldwin | Posted 05.13.2013 | Women
Read More: Motherhood, Women Self-Esteem, Women, Feminism, Mother's Day, Women's Health, Mothers and Daughters, Impostor Syndrome, Jealousy, Self-Doubt, Women News
Kate Baldwin

You may recognize the spiral-downward logic when your internal barometer registers that someone is seemingly much more accomplished -- not to mention much more glamorous -- than you are: What decisions have I made that brought me to this place? Have they been the right ones?

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Phony Impostors or Merely the Burden of Great Potential?

Dr. Valerie Young | Posted 02.09.2013 | Women
Read More: Impostor Syndrome, High-Achievers, Impostor Phenomenon, Career Advice for Women, Women and Work, Women High-Achievers, Manfred F. R. Kets De Vries, Lowering Expectations, Success Tips, High Expectations, Pressure to Succeed, Women News
Dr. Valerie Young

If you don't think you can live up to other people's expectations then it makes sense you'd try to protect yourself by minimizing expectations. So you decide that it's better to play small than to risk humiliation. Plus, you get extra points for being modest -- especially if you're female.

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The Mass Appeal of the Secret Life

John Lazarus | Posted 10.16.2012 | Arts
Read More: Fx, Hbo, The Riches, Weeds, Breaking Bad, Impostor Syndrome, Dexter, Big Love, Shakespeare, Batman, Showtime, Spiderman, Amc, TV Canada, Arts News
John Lazarus

Perhaps the current popularity of characters leading double lives simply reflects a pervasive consciousness that we are all involved in a spiraling project whose purpose is to con each other.

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Fake It 'Til You Make It (And Other Ways To Get Somewhere New)

Laura Berman Fortgang | Posted 08.31.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Self-Esteem Tips, Confidence Tips, Impostor Syndrome, High Confidence, Fake It Until You Make It, Self-Confidence, Tdi-Confidence, Self-Esteem, GPS for the Soul, Impostor, Confidence, Faking It, Becoming-Fearless, Fake It Make It, Healthy Living News
Laura Berman Fortgang

The next time you feel like an impostor, remember you are probably in a room full of them, so have a private chuckle and go for the ride. Before you know it, you will not be pretending anymore.

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Do You Suffer From Impostor Syndrome?

Olivia Fox Cabane | Posted 05.23.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Overcoming Self Doubt, Overcome Self Doubt, Leadership, Self Doubt, Self Doubt Anxiety, Mental Health, Impostor Syndrome, Imposter Syndrome, Emotional Intelligence, The Mind, Self-Doubt, Self Confidence, Self-Esteem, Self Esteem, Confidence, Healthy Living News
Olivia Fox Cabane

Have you ever had the feeling that you didn't really know what you were doing, and it was just a matter of time before someone realized it and exposed you as a fraud?

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