Events

Event Title	How to Feel As Bright and Capable As Everyone Seems to Think You Are: The Impostor Syndrome with Valerie Young
Location	Kirkland Auditorium, Koury Oral Health Sciences Building
Sponsor	University Career Services - Co-sponsored with UNC Training Initiative for Biomedical and Biological Sciences, the Graduate School, and Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
Date/Time	09/18/2014 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

For more information, contact the event administrator: Erin Hopper hoppere@email.unc.edu

Do you secretly worry that others will find out you’re not as intelligent and competent as they seem to think you are? Do you often dismiss your accomplishments as a “fluke” or “no big deal?” Do you sometimes shy away from taking on greater challenges because of nagging self-doubt? Are you crushed by even constructive criticism, taking it as evidence of your ineptness? If so, join the club!

Participants will learn

Why the impostor syndrome is not “just low self-esteem”
7 perfectly good reasons why smart people feel like frauds
How your personal Competence Type may be setting you (or your employees) up to fall short
Procrastination, perfectionism and other unconscious coping strategies “impostors” use to avoid being found out
Practical steps to help interrupt the impostor syndrome and end needless self-doubt
and more…

Book signing immediately following the presentation outside the auditorium - 25 attendees will be randomly selected to receive a copy of Dr. Young's book!

Co-sponsored by UNC Training Initiative for Biomedical and Biological Sciences, the Graduate School, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, and University Career Services.