The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: Why Capable People Suffer from the Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It

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Itx2019;s only because they like me. I was in the right place at the right time. I just work harder than the others. I donx2019;tdeserve this. Itx2019;s just a matter of time before I am found out. Someone must have made a terrible mistake. xA0;If you are a working woman, chances are this interxAD;nal monologue sounds all too familiar. And youx2019;re not alone. From the high-achieving Ph.D. candidate convinced shex2019;s only been admitted to the program because of a clerical error to the senior executive who worries others will find out shex2019;s in way over her head, a shocking number of accomplished women in all caxAD;reer paths and at every level feel as though they are faking itx2014;impostors in their own lives and careers. xA0;While the impostor syndrome is not unique to women, women are more apt to agonize over tiny mistakes, see even constructive criticism as evixAD;dence of their shortcomings, and chalk up their accomplishments to luck rather than skill. They often unconsciously overcompensate with crippling perfecxAD;tionism, overpreparation, maintaining a lower proxAD;file, withholding their talents and opinions, or never finishing important projects. When they do succeed, they think, Phew, I fooled x2019;em again. xA0;An internationally known speaker, Valerie Young has devoted her career to understanding womenx2019;s most deeply held beliefs about themselves and their success. In her decades of in-the-trenches research, she has uncovered the often surprising reasons why so many accomplished women experience this crushing self-doubt. xA0;In The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women, Young gives these women the solution they have been seekxAD;ing. Combining insightful analysis with effective adxAD;vice and anecdotes, she explains what the impostor syndrome is, why fraud fears are more common in women, and how you can recognize the way it manixAD;fests in your life. With her empowering, step-by-step plan, you will learn to take ownership of your success, overcome self-doubt, and banish the thought patterns that undermine your ability to feelx2014;and actx2014;as bright and capable as others already know you are.xA0;