‘Imposter syndrome’ is more common than you think
Feeling that we are just children in big offices, and about to be fired on the spot is treatable, and we get to be the doctors
16 December 2020 - 06:00
New York — June Caloroso has a real problem with someone at work named Lindsey.
The career strategist from San Francisco’s Bay Area has had plenty of success, including as a tech recruiter for Google, but whenever Caloroso took on a big assignment or was growing her business, Lindsey would come around and start whispering negative things — that she was not good enough, that she was not qualified, that she was bound to fail...
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