Imposter syndrome

Imposter Syndrome

What is it?

A pattern of doubt in our skills, talents, or accomplishments and persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a "fraud".

• Fear of evaluation,
  
• Fear of not continuing success,
• Fear of not being as capable as others.

Imposter Cycle

• Achievement-related task

• Feelings of anxiety, self-doubt, and worry
• Response:
• over-preparation (success: result of hard work)
• procrastination (success: luck)
• Positive feedback is discounted, no perception of personal ability.
• Feeling like a fraud.

Most common in

• High achieving professionals
• Women
• Members of a minority
  

This poll is annonymus!

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Poll: Experiences common in people who experience IS.

How to combat it

• Identify it, what is it telling you?
• Realize it's something that affects the community.
• Talk about it: get our voices back!

How does Imposter Syndrome affect you?

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In 1 minute, answer:

(You need something to write on)

We share

1. We go to groups of two.
2. We share our answers: 1 minute each (you're can see the clock in the top right corner).
3. We come back to the bigger room.
4. We repeat this three times in total.

We encourage you to have your cameras on.

1. Goal: share our answers, not discuss.
2. Listen to understand, not to reply.
3. Respect our silences.
   
4. Self-regulate: 1 minute each.
5. Be grateful.

RULES

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What did we discover from sharing in our smaller groups?

In a few sentences, we share:

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In 1 minute, answer:

(You need something to write on)

What are some ideas that you could start implementing right now?

We use our collective intelligence

1. We go to groups of four.
2. We share our answers: 1 minute each.
3. We copy ideas we could use ourselves.
4. We come back to the bigger room.

RULES

1. Goal: share our answers, not discuss.
2. Listen to understand, not to reply.
3. Respect our silences.
4. Self-regulate: 1 minute each.
5. Be grateful.

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We write our ideas in post-its in Jamboard!

Check out

• What have I discovered?
• What am I taking with me?
• How am I leaving?

Recap of today

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Where to find us

Julia Plavnik jplavnik@iu.edu

Karina Batistelli

Thank you!