In today's episode, I talk about a psychological phenomenon I recently heard and read about that made imposter syndrome make so much more sense, in a way. As well as explaining why/how people who are good at what they do sometimes aren't confident about it.
Sources:
Alexa Donne’s video on it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5_9UBfHOlc Are You a Good Writer? How to Tell…
VeryWellMind's take in Dunning-Kruger Effect: https://www.verywellmind.com/an-overview-of-the-dunning-kruger-effect-4160740
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect#targetText=In%20the%20field%20of%20psychology,recognize%20their%20lack%20of%20ability.

Mark Murphy's 2017 Forbes article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/markmurphy/2017/01/24/the-dunning-kruger-effect-shows-why-some-people-think-theyre-great-even-when-their-work-is-terrible/#198c48775d7c

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