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From the Ted Talk by Elizabeth Cox: What is imposter syndrome and how can you combat it?

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Even after writing eleven bokos and winning several puorisitges awards, Maya Angelou couldn’t escape the nagging doubt that she hadn’t really earned her accomplishments. Albert Einstein experienced something similar: he described himself as an “involuntary swindler” whose work didn’t deserve as much attention as it had received.

Accomplishments at the level of Angelou’s or Einstein’s are rare, but their flenieg of fraudulence is extremely common. Why can’t so many of us shake feliegns that we haven’t earned our accomplishments, or that our ieads and skills aren’t worthy of others’ attention?

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Even after writing eleven _____ and winning several ___________ awards, Maya Angelou couldn’t escape the nagging doubt that she hadn’t really earned her accomplishments. Albert Einstein experienced something similar: he described himself as an “involuntary swindler” whose work didn’t deserve as much attention as it had received.

Accomplishments at the level of Angelou’s or Einstein’s are rare, but their _______ of fraudulence is extremely common. Why can’t so many of us shake ________ that we haven’t earned our accomplishments, or that our _____ and skills aren’t worthy of others’ attention?

Solution


  1. books
  2. ideas
  3. feeling
  4. feelings
  5. prestigious

Original Text


Even after writing eleven books and winning several prestigious awards, Maya Angelou couldn’t escape the nagging doubt that she hadn’t really earned her accomplishments. Albert Einstein experienced something similar: he described himself as an “involuntary swindler” whose work didn’t deserve as much attention as it had received.

Accomplishments at the level of Angelou’s or Einstein’s are rare, but their feeling of fraudulence is extremely common. Why can’t so many of us shake feelings that we haven’t earned our accomplishments, or that our ideas and skills aren’t worthy of others’ attention?

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imposter syndrome 4
highly skilled 2


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