Imposter feelings grow when success is new. By gaining perspective, recognizing progress, and borrowing confidence until your ...

Imposter Syndrome isn't about actually being an imposter; it's about feeling like one. It's common among high-achievers, creatives, and anyone stepping out of their comfort zone. The good news is, ...

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Imposter syndrome involves irrationally thinking that you are unworthy of the respect conferred upon you. From a logic-based therapy (LBT) perspective, this involves a cognitive chain of emotional ...

A curious thing has happened in the workplace over the past two years. People who once prided themselves on being fast, smart, and witty (what in scientific terms we would labeled “intelligent”) are ...

Q: I've been struggling with feelings of inadequacy and self-doubt in my professional life. I am a very successful business owner, but most people don’t know that I performed very poorly in school and ...

A financial psychotherapist explains how this psychological condition can affect financial wellbeing, and advises how to take ...

Stacy Jones is founder/ceo of LA pop culture creative agency Hollywood Branded and host of Marketing Mistakes (+ How To Avoid Them) podcast. The first time I used AI, I realized something important: ...

Over the years, I’ve found that much of what holds us back begins in our own minds. Thoughts can be hard to tame, and when left to run wild, our brains can invent some truly distorted versions of ...

Chances are you’ve felt imposter syndrome at least once in your career, and if not, consider yourself lucky. Society tells us that to be a good leader you must be confident, ambitious, undoubtful, an ...

Some of the most capable, intelligent, hardworking people you know might be suffering from a debilitating phenomenon—a distortion of thinking that makes them believe they're actually incompetent, ...