I’m Great at My Job. So Why Do I Feel Like a Fraud?
How to overcome impostor syndrome.
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When Shellye Archambeau walked into her first meeting as a board member of Verizon, she felt a moment of panic. “Do I actually belong at this table?” she remembers thinking. Shellye, one of the first Black women to work as the CEO of a tech company in Silicon Valley, has struggled over the years with what’s commonly known as “impostor syndrome” the feeling that you are a phony, despite all evidence to the contrary. On this episode of How To!, Shellye, the author of
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New York Times critic Dwight Garner says, “The Slate Culture Gabfest is one of the highlights of my week.” The award-winning Culturefest features Slate culture critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner debating the week in culture, from highbrow to pop.All episodes Hosts
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