Sublime

if you are unable to claim your accomplishments on a gut, visceral level, then when you are confronted with actual evidence of your abilities, it’s unclear to you how you got there. Even though your achievements clearly emanate from you, you feel oddly disconnected from them. And without this connection between yourself and your accomplishments, th

Holding back can also take the form of what Clance and Imes refer to as “intellectual inauthenticity.” You remain silent in the face of opposing opinions.

All great teachers teach students how to reach the high standards.

“culture of development.”

assets—Pepperdine’s study found that companies with the best records for promoting women outperform the competition.

Being considered an “accomplished” woman who shepherds successful creative projects from conception to completion is much more appealing than being famous.

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self-development, self-motivation, and responsibility.

“The Impostor Phenomenon in High Achieving Women.” Among the 162 high-achieving women they sampled, Clance and Imes uncovered a pervasive pattern of dismissing accomplishments and believing that their success would disappear once others discovered the awful secret that they were, in fact, “impostors.”