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Shownotes: http://www.entrepreneursintraining.net/60/ Impostor Phenomenon What is it? Impostor phenomenon, often now called impostor syndrome, was first described in 1978 by Clinical Psychologists Pauline Clance and Suzanne Imes. You can read their original paper. It's not an official disorder. They describe high-achieving professional women who believed they were being overrated. They didn’t feel success. Accomplishments are due not to your talent. Instead, they felt they were coasting on personality or charm. Their achievements were due to luck, timing, or some other external factor. Who Has Impostor Syndrome? Everyone. Well, lots of folks in jobs considered to be highly successful or revered. I keep seeing this stat: more than 70% of people experience it at some point. Example careers in which impostor phenomenon is rampant include: Academia Entrepreneurship Computer programming Performance The list just goes on. Some Examples An article by Richard Felder (Chemical Engineer at NCST) wrote to enca