The document is a presentation by Jacqueline Sanders-Blackman on managing and overcoming impostor syndrome. It discusses what impostor syndrome is, its prevalence, the vicious cycle it can create of constantly feeling the need to prove oneself, and how comparing oneself to others contributes to feelings of not belonging. It encourages embracing imperfections and mistakes as human, getting support from mentors, and developing a self-coaching toolkit to push through impostor syndrome feelings or decide it's okay not to at times.

1. Managing and
Overcoming
Impostor Syndrome
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Presented by Jacqueline Sanders-Blackman
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3. Impostor Syndrome
Presentation by
Jacqueline Sanders-Blackman
October 7, 2021
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4. Impostor Syndrome
What I know
What I think others know
The Perception
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5. The Reality
Impostor Syndrome
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6. Impostor Syndrome Prevalence

7. THIS
PROJECT
WILL
BE A
DISASTER
OK, I FINISHED
IT AND IT
WASN’T
A DISASTER
OH NO, I
HAVE TO DO
A NEW PROJECT
NOW?
The Vicious Cycle of Proving Your Worth
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8. It’s Not Just the Voices In Your Head
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9. Permission to Be Human
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10. Stop Judging and Comparing
What Really Happens When We Are Judging and Comparing Ourselves?
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11. We Take Different Paths But We Are Here Together!
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12. Going With The Flow is Messing with Your Chi!
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13. Your Piece of the Puzzle Is Necessary
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14. Helping Others with Impostor Syndrome
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15. Pushing Through It ... or Not
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16. Embrace the
Butterflies.
You’re Allowed
To Be Human.
Perfect
Imperfections.
Talk with
your Mentor
and a Manager.
SayThank
You And
Mean It.
Find New Role
Models.
Take A
Detour.
Targeted vs
Mass Appeal.
Mistakes with
A Higher Purpose.
Self Coaching Toolkit
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18. Appendix

19. I admire people who have achieved what I
aspire to, but I don’t think I belong in their
ranks.
I feel like a lot of my successes were a
matter of luck.
I feel foolish or uncomfortable describing my
achievements.
When I’m around other people in my field, I
tend to feel they deserve their place in it
more than I do.
I worry that people will realize how little I
know.
When people praise me, I feel like I’m getting
away with something.
I can’t believe that my successes will last.
I feel like my successes don’t really prove
anything.
You Are Not Alone
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