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There’s a certain type of person in the workplace who often carries a loathsome reputation: the colleague who succeeds in big ways despite not being good at their job. These people have “failed upwards,” meaning they’ve attained undue success, sometimes from sheer luck, or maybe thanks to a savvy networking ability or certain workplace alliances.
Most people who fail upwards don’t necessarily do so consciously nobody really wants to admit that their successes are undeserved but a minority might feel uneasy about their achievements, particularly those who struggle with imposter syndrome. If you’ve grappled with the feeling that you’ve scaled the corporate ladder undeservingly, there are ways to cope in order to free yourself from a nagging sense of guilt and it involves helping those around you.
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