The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women
Valerie Young
The Crown Publishing Group
<p><b>It's only because they like me. I was in the right place at the right time. I just work harder than the others. I don't deserve this. It's just a matter of time before I am found out. Someone must have made a terrible mistake. </b><br><br>If you are a working woman, chances are this inter&shy;nal monologue sounds all too familiar. And you're not alone. From the high-achieving Ph.D. candidate convinced she's only been admitted to the program because of a clerical error to the senior executive who worries others will find out she's in way over her head, a shocking number of accomplished women in all ca&shy;reer paths and at every level feel as though they are faking it--impostors in their own lives and careers. <br><br>While the impostor syndrome is not unique to women, women are more apt to agonize over tiny mistakes, see even constructive criticism as evi&shy;dence of their shortcomings, and chalk up their accomplishments to luck rather than skill. They often unconsciously...</br></br></br></br></p>