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The Imposterism Club: Why Your Success is No Accident
by Monica Davidson “I have written 11 books but each time I think ‘Uh-oh, they’re going to find out now. I’ve run a game on everybody, and they’re going to find me out.” Maya Angelou In 1978, psychologists Pauline Rose Clance and Suzanne Imes wrote for the first time about something they called the ‘Impostor Phenomenon’. They had both experienced it, the feeling that their success was due to luck, or some mysterious coincidence, rather than their own hard work, intelligence and talent. Despite all external evidence to support the idea that their success was the result of ability and competence, they just didn’t feel that it was deserved. If this all sounds familiar, welcome to the...
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