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Posted 6 months ago
The Confident Idiot

In well-meaning attempts to boost our confidence ahead of challenging moments, people often try to draw our attention to our strengths: our intelligence, our competence, our experience.But this can –...

Posted 6 months ago
On Impostor Syndrome

Faced with challenges, we often leave the possibility of success to others, because we don’t seem to ourselves to be anything like the sort of people who win.

Posted 7 months ago
How to Lose the Fear of Being an Idiot

We tend to fear being an idiot as a terrible, remote possibility. This keeps us anxious and unsettled.

Posted 7 months ago
Why it’s Good To Be a Loser

Our societies have advanced tendencies to label certain people ‘winners’ and others – logically enough – ‘losers’.

Posted 7 months ago
Coping with Self-Criticism

We almost all have a character inside our minds whom we might call the inner critic.

Posted 7 months ago
Challenging Our Idea of Success

There is a danger of over-investment in the idea of ‘success’. It’s natural to want to do well-enough around work.

Posted 7 months ago
The Impostor Syndrome

What holds us back from being more confident at work is often a sense that we are fundamentally different from those who succeed.

Posted 7 months ago
The Road to Greater Confidence

To boost our confidence ahead of challenging moments, well-meaning people often try to draw our attention to our good sides: our intelligence, our competence, our strength.

Posted 7 months ago
Why You Don't Need to Be Exceptional

Many of us walk the earth with a feeling that, in order to acceptable, we need to be something very special indeed.

Posted 8 months ago
How to Seem Interesting

One of our great fears – which haunts us when we go into the world and socialise with others – is that we may, in our hearts, be really rather boring.

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