See Tanya Geisler's TEDx talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Em-IIAQ6I&feature=kp

1. IMPOSTOR AND AUTHORITY
The space between what we see and what is true

2. It’s an illusion that you are either/or
IMPOSTER AUTHORITY

3. It’s an illusion that you are alone.
AUTHORITYAUTHORITY
AUTHORITY
TY
THORITY
AUTHORITY
Y
AUTHORITY AUTH
I’m not
supposed to
be here
It’s just
a matter of
time before
they find out
I’m a fake
Someone
must have
made a mistake
o
k
Who
me?
I don’t know
how
My
success is an
illusion
Y
I’m not ready
yet
They k
I’m a
frau
It’s just beca
they like me,
IMPOSTER

4. “[From a young age,
women] are socialized to be
concerned with fairness and
openness. If you do something
wrong, you apologize.”
- Dr.ValerieYoung
The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women

5. “The emerging picture
from such studies is that ten
thousand hours of practice is
required to achieve the level of
mastery associated with being a
world-class expert—in anything.”
- Daniel Levitin

6. “Part of me suspects
that I’m a loser, and the
other part of me thinks I’m
God Almighty.”
- John Lennon

7. IMPOSTER AUTHORITY
10 Step Continuum

8. IMPOSTER
DecideTo Strive
Ya gotta wanna.

9. MPOSTER
Allllll the reasons you’ll never be an authority.
Meet the Critics

10. STER
Bolster authority thesis
victories. deals. sealed. evidence. credentials.
experience. social proof. launched.
written. inspired. created.
sold. pulled off. nailed.
delivered. given.
DONE.

11. Call in the reserves

12. JUMP
cross. jump. dive. catapult. fall.
step. fling. be pushed. tipped.After you jump,
before you land
is God.”
-Gabrielle Roth
“

13. A
Do the work.

14. AUT
Allow

15. AUT
Choose to quit

16. AUTHO
Choose to Stay
We know intuitively that most of the time, we should not run,
we should stay and look for a different way forward,… but we
are wiser, more present, more mature, and more understanding
when we realize we can never flee from the need to run away.
- David Whyte

17. AUTHORI
Look up at your markers

18. AUTHORITY
Celebrate
Worship wisely.

19. IMPOSTER AUTHORITY
10 Step Continuum

20. “Be excellent to
each other.“
- Bill + Ted

21. “I have written eleven books, but each time I
think,‘Uh oh, they’re going to find out now.
I’ve run a game on everybody, and they’re
going to find me out.’”
- Maya Angelou

22. “[I would] wake up in the morning
before going off to a shoot, and think,
I can’t do this; I’m a fraud.”
- Kate Winslet

23. “You think,‘Why would anyone want
to see me again in a movie? And I
don’t know how to act anyway, so
why am I doing this?’”
- Meryl Streep

24. Life’s a grand production.
Step into your starring role.
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