We’d all probably agree that late award-winning author and poet Maya Angelou was good at what she did. Yet, she said, “each time I write a book, each time I face that yellow pad, the challenge is so great. 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”. Seems illogical, right? Even preposterous. Yet many talented and powerful people voice similar feelings.
IMPOSTOR SYNDROME
The term Impostor Syndrome was coined in 1978 when Pauline Clance and Suzanne Imes observed that many high-achieving women doubted their abilities, intelligence or qualifications, and feared that their