Dr. K
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But imposter syndrome is actually created by success.
What do you mean?
I know it's weird.
So a loser never has imposter syndrome.
You get that?
Yeah.
People only think they're imposters when they achieve things.
It's really bizarre.
That they don't believe they're meant to achieve.
Exactly.
Yeah, yeah.
Right?
So when I end up at a place like Harvard, there's a ton of imposter syndrome.
And these are with the most successful, smartest people in the world.
Absolutely.
And that imposter syndrome is created when the world views us in one way, but our identity is something else.
So the reason we have so much imposter syndrome at a place like Harvard is because you have a bunch of kids who thought of themselves as the smartest kid in the class.
And then the moment they get into Harvard, I used to be valedictorian.
Now I'm average.
I'm a nobody.