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Confronting Imposter Syndrome by Cindy F. Solomon March 22, 2014 © Cindy F. Solomon [email protected]

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Slides for discussion at ProductCamp Silicon Valley March 22, 2014 Confronting Imposter Syndrome for Women in Tech, Product And Others; uncovering the dirty laundry in Silicon Valley & Product Management

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Confronting Imposter Syndrome

by Cindy F. SolomonMarch 22, 2014

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Questions

Who’s here?What do YOU want?

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Dunning-Kruger

“One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.”

—Bertrand Russell, The Triumph of Stupidity

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Ada Initiative

• Impostor Syndrome is the feeling that you aren't actually qualified for the work you are doing and will be discovered as a fraud. 

• It is prevalent among women in open tech/culture, many of whom have been socialized to value other's opinion of their work above their own, and to do things "by the book." http://bit.ly/1dCpDBk

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Imposter Syndrome

• the higher the standards you like to set for yourself,

• the more you are used to being an expert• the more self critical and type-A you are naturally inclined to be,

• the higher the chance that you will experience this ‘Imposter Syndrome’ 

http://onforb.es/1iJTCG2

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Upside

Imposter Syndrome symptoms are a signpost that you’re moving in the right direction: 

• into a new, expansive realm of possibility.

http://onforb.es/1iJTCG2

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Watch video: http://bit.ly/1gLxuwJ Read transcript: http://bit.ly/1rNDg4i

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Step one

Talk about the issue.

Denise Paolucci, Ada Initiative board member and Dreamwidth Studios co-founder "Overcoming Impostor Syndrome"Watch video: http://bit.ly/1gLxuwJ

Read transcript: http://bit.ly/1rNDg4i

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Two

Watch your language. Some ideas are self-reinforcing.

Watch video: http://bit.ly/1gLxuwJ Read transcript: http://bit.ly/1rNDg4i

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Point three

Teach the things that you know. Even if you think you don't know them. Watch video: http://bit.ly/1gLxuwJ

Read transcript: http://bit.ly/1rNDg4i

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Four

Question the corrections that other people give to you.

Watch video: http://bit.ly/1gLxuwJ Read transcript: http://bit.ly/1rNDg4i

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Number five

Ask questions.

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Six

Ask for perspective checks from a friend.

Watch video: http://bit.ly/1gLxuwJ Read transcript: http://bit.ly/1rNDg4i

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Seven

List your accomplishments and own them.

Watch video: http://bit.ly/1gLxuwJ Read transcript: http://bit.ly/1rNDg4i

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Eight

Practice accepting compliments.

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Nine

Get more background information for comparisons.

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Ten

Remember that you are awesome. Really. I promise. (And others feel this way, too.) Watch video: http://bit.ly/1gLxuwJ

Read transcript: http://bit.ly/1rNDg4i

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