23 January, 2010

What's the Opposite of an Impostor?

I notice that men tend to be impostors much more frequently (at least in literature) than women. This article from Psychology Today discusses a problem many people (mostly women) have
in which they feel themselves to be frauds, even when they are genuine successes. This is known as "Impostor Syndrome," and it strikes me as the exact opposite condition to the impostor himself.

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