5. #ImpSyn
“(T)hese women find innumerable
means of negating any external
evidence that contradicts their belief
that they are, in reality,
unintelligent.”!
!
—Clance & Imes, from their 1978 study
18. #ImpSyn
“Sometimes, I feel like my career
is an exercise in ice skating up
hill: there are constantly new
skills to learn, new lessons to
learn, new tools to master, and
there is a lot of pressure to be
good at a lot of things.”
20. #ImpSyn
“It's a sort of continuous feeling that my
education and experience aren't good
enough, that I don't actually know
anything more than anyone else does,
and that by writing or giving talks or
workshops that I'm just a fraud. And, of
course, everyone will realize it soon, or
they're just being too nice to point out
that I don't know what I'm talking about.”
22. #ImpSyn
“I don't think I am as talented as
people tell me I am. I constantly
doubt myself. Every year at my
yearly review, I'm told I'm doing
great when I think I'm doing just
ok. You would think I would gain
confidence and learn from this but
I still constantly doubt myself.”
23. #ImpSyn
“I know that I'm not, but I
spend most of my
professional life feeling
like a complete fraud.”
27. #ImpSyn
“There are no information
architects. There are no
interaction designers. There
are only, and only ever have
been, user experience
designers.”
28. #ImpSyn
“All this talk about being a unicorn I
think contributes to a feeling of
inadequacy for people who aren't.”
38. #ImpSyn
–Steven Ungerleider, Ph.D.
“…research shows that athletes who envision
themselves performing well throughout the day
tend to have these positive visions at night!
!
…reinforcing the image of success in their
brains.”
