• Do you (or someone you know) chalk your accomplishments up to things like luck, timing, or the belief that “it’s just because they like me”?
• Do you (or someone you know) agonize over even the smallest flaws in your work?
• Do you (or someone you know) believe “If I can do it, anybody can”?
• When you (or someone you know) do succeed, do you secretly feel like you fooled them again?
• Do you (or someone you know) worry that you’re going to be “found out?”

Enjoy this complimentary excerpt from Dr. Valerie Young’s award-winning book, The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: Why Capable People Suffer from the Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It (Crown Business/Random House).