{"id":53219,"date":"2023-06-14T10:32:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T09:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frolleinflow.com\/?p=53219"},"modified":"2023-06-14T08:29:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T07:29:59","slug":"lets-overcome-the-imposter-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frolleinflow.com\/en\/lets-overcome-the-imposter-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s overcome the Imposter Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Want some motivation?<\/h1>\n\n

We were recommended an inspirational talk on Instragram, given by Reshma Saujani, CEO\/founder of @MomsFirstUS & founder of @GirlsWhoCode, for the graduating class of Smith College. I continue to think about it …<\/p>\n\n

Wait, what was the “Imposter Syndrome” again?<\/strong>Let’s look it up on Wikipedia<\/a>:Impostor syndrome<\/strong>, sometimes also called impostor<\/strong> syndrome, impostor phenomenon<\/em>, cheating<\/em> syndrome, charlatan<\/em> syndrome, frothing-at-the-mouth<\/em> syndrome, or impostor<\/em> phenomenon<\/em>, is a psychological phenomenon in which sufferers are plagued by massive self-doubt regarding their own abilities, accomplishments, and successes and are unable to internalize their personal successes.Despite obvious evidence of their abilities, sufferers are convinced that they have faked their success and have not earned it, for example because of the Matthew effect. Achievements regarded as successes by others are explained by sufferers of this syndrome as luck, coincidence or overestimation of their own abilities by others. For some of these people, these self-doubts are so pronounced that they consider themselves impostors and live in constant fear that others might notice their perceived lack of empowerment and expose them as impostors. (…)Psychological studies from the 1980s estimate that two out of five successful people classify themselves as impostors. According to other studies, 70 percent of all people feel like impostors under certain circumstances or times.The impostor syndrome was originally considered a phenomenon among successful women. However, a number of studies show that men and women are affected in roughly equal numbers.<\/p>\n\n

Here is the lecture excerpt in the original English, with text transcript below.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n

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