Very excited to get to sign my first copy of the Spanish translation of #YouAreNotAFraud 🤓🇪🇸

All part of the ongoing journey on the #ImposterSyndrome #Masterclass.

The call is once again open for the CAS Future Leaders in Chemistry program...

It's around this time each year that I (and no doubt others among the alumni) receive some kind and sincere emails asking for advice on how to apply.

Now, some 8 years after I successfully applied to the program, I've recorded my reflections in the following video.

I hope this provokes you to give it a shot.

TL;DR: It's a risk worth taking!

https://youtu.be/NU30_E199ms?si=nsSL9X55MfwGKE0H

#chemistry

There is an irreplaceable magic in letter-writing.

Pen at the ready ✍🏼

The first batch of personally-inscribed gift copies of #YouAreNotAFraud 📕 are ready to be shipped!

Details on my website.
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For those who enjoy #podcasts and discussions on the so-called #ImposterSyndrome.

A few weeks back, I had the joy of sharing a conversation with the over at the Heterics #podcast. The episode is now live!

Topics covered:

🎙️Syndrome v Phenomenon
🎙️Orogins of #YouAreNotAFraud📕
🎙️Managing vs ‘Curing’
🎙️Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (!)
🎙️Perfectionism
🎙️Metrics
🎙️End of life regrets

Listen here: https://spotify.link/jpWFAP4IbDb

🎈My #book on the so-called #ImposterSyndrome is one year old! 🎈

To mark the anniversary of #YouAreNotAFraud, the Kindle edition is available for just £2.99 (70% off) until the end of September. Same goes for the French and Spanish editions.
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Search: “you are not a fraud” to grab your copy this month.
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#mentalhealth #careerdevelopment #phdlife #academicchatter #academia

If you feel like a fraud at work and think the so-called #ImposterSyndrome is holding you back, consider checking out the Imposter Syndrome Masterclass.

13 cohorts across 5 countries so far.

A live and interactive workshop

+ 9 asynchronous challenges

+ a signed copy of You Are (Not) a Fraud

👉https://maven.com/marc-reid/impostersyndrome
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Imposter Syndrome Masterclass Q&A Part 12

🤔 How do you conquer feeling like an imposter?

☝🏻What makes you think it’s something to be conquered?

What happens when you move on to your next goal? The so-called #ImposterSyndrome lives in ambitious people.

It is not low self-esteem.

The imposter experience is low self-confidence triggered by new unknowns.

If you never feel like an imposter, if you never feel like you don’t yet know enough…

…are you working on something worthy of your effort?

🗯️"I’m NOT good enough...

🗯️”...these people are all better than me.”

🗯️”They’re going to FIND ME OUT!"

This confidence-draining voice in your head is the so-called #ImposterSyndrome.

🤔How can you manage this inner critic?

One of the first things I did when such thoughts began to threaten my career was to write it down.

✍🏼 Consider writing a diary.

Mine later became #YouAreNotAFraud 📕

There is magic in distilling the cloudy chaos in your head onto a paper vessel.

@AcademicChatter

Imposter Syndrome Masterclass Q&A Part 11

🤔How can I ensure that my children will be less likely to feel this way when they grow up?

☝🏻Awareness.

They might stumble into a room where they rapidly assess that they are not good enough to be there.

They might fail and fail again, ever wondering if they should just give up.

Awareness enables their revelation that feeling like an imposter is not a syndrome. It’s human.

👉🏻Follow #ImposterSyndromeMarcReid to catch the full series.