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Impostor Syndrome Is a Professional Superpower
If you think you’re not qualified, it’s a sign you are setting your sights high and reaching for a new level of achievement.
It’s almost always a good idea to raise your hand in class.
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I have a new motto: Embrace your inner impostor.
On a recent episode of Lex Fridman’s podcast, Magnus Carlsen, arguably the greatest chess player of all time, confessed to a feeling of “impostor syndrome” — and the topic of discussion, to be clear, was chess, not global politics.