Two speakers discuss imposter syndrome and why it matters beyond individual feelings. They argue the real problem isn't self-doubt but systemic exclusion that makes certain groups feel like outsiders in spaces they belong.
This imposter syndrome thing drives me nuts because, I mean, I get asked this a lot and I understand the sentiment of it. And I think what I think is most, like, I just hate the whole concept of it because I feel like when you say imposter syndrome, it makes it sound like something's wrong with me. Like, I have the problem. And I'm like, no, no, no. If I am feeling excluded in your environment or in your community or in your whatever, fill in the blank. Like, you're the one with a problem. Like, I don't have a syndrome.
Like, you have something to fix.
And so, you know, I think there's actually an amazing.
There' great article that was written actually.
Like, last week in hbr.
That was the title was like, stop telling women they have imposter syndrome. It's, you know, it's broader than that. I think anybody can feel imposter syndrome. You don't have to be a woman, but it talks. Actually, it's a very interesting.
When I go on rants on it, I didn't actually know a lot of, like, the historical context of the word.
And how it really was specifically targeted towards women for a long time.
But I do think, like, you know, as a community, we have work to.
Do where it's like, you know, as a business community, we have work to do as, like, even in places in Stanford, like, there's probably majors in Stanford or classrooms in Stanford where there's groups of people that feel like they don't belong there and they don't feel included. And rather than making it seem like that's something that's wrong with them, like, that should be our communal problem that we have to solve to make sure that people can feel equal access to success and that people can feel, you know, included in those contexts.
And so, you know, I hope that the narrative changes a little bit on this because, like, it just puts the burden on, like, women and underrepresented communities.
Of, like, oh, you have the problem.
I'm like, I don't have problems problem.
Everybody else has the problem.
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