To Overcome Impostor Syndrome: Banish Competence Extremism
Valerie Young, Ed.D. Co-Founder, Impostor Syndrome Institute It’s been well over 20 years since I identified the five types of impostor syndrome. The Perfectionist, Expert, Natural Genius, Soloist, and Superhuman each reflect an extreme view of what it means to be...
Overcoming Impostor Syndrome: The Perfectionist’s View of Competence
For the Perfectionist, there is a single focus, and that is how something is done. Your competence rule book is relatively straightforward. I should deliver an unblemished performance 100 percent of the time. Every aspect of my work must be of the highest...
Coaching People With Impostor Syndrome
I just received notice from Random House that a publisher in Bulgaria wants to publish my book! That makes translations in Italian, Korean, Czech, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian (in Ukraine), and later this year, Ukrainian and Turkish. I’m not telling you this to...
Overcoming Impostor Syndrome is Easier Said Than Done
Seeing my work cited in articles on tackling impostor syndrome is always a treat. Sometimes more so than others. Like the blog post that featured my solutions before concluding that implementing them is “easier said than done.” The writer was surprised when I chimed...
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