a lot—by colleagues, by mentees, by my closest friends. And I get where they’re coming from. I’ve taken some big swings in my career, from running for office to building an advocacy movement for and founding Girls Who Code without knowing how to code myself.
I know what it feels like to worry that you’re not ready or prepared or “good enough.” So when Smith College asked me to speak to the class of 2023 at this year’s commencement, I knew the lesson I wanted to share with the next generation of leaders—leaders who might not be feeling ready or prepared or “good enough” themselves.
With all the challenges facing women today, how can we overcome our impostor syndrome? The answer is simple: We don’t. This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Impostor syndrome isn’t our problem to solve.
And I’m not just talking about the graduates. For a long time I’ve had this nagging sense that something is wrong with the way we talk about impostor syndrome, but I couldn’t quite articulate why.
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