A Growth Mindset: Imposter Syndrome’s Nemesis Authors: Dr Nicky Eddison and Dr Ros Leslie Trust: RWT
Ever felt as though at any moment you are going to be found out as a fraud, like you don't belong where you are, and you only got there through luck? Believing that others have so much more knowledge than you. You’re not alone, many people experience these feelings.
Imposter syndrome was first described in 1978 as “an internal experience of intellectual phoniness”1. People with impostor syndrome struggle with a debilitating feeling of self-doubt, intellectual inadequacy and anticipated failure, often refusing to acknowledge that their performance is due to their ability. Instead, they believe luck or other people are the cause of their success, yet conversely put setbacks down to their incompetence2. The literature shows that imposter syndrome is prevalent amongst all genders, ethnicities and age groups2.
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