Survivor guilt & imposter syndrome: When you are one of the lucky few

We talk a lot about how rejection is just part of academic life. There’s lots of advice about how to deal with rejection. I want to talk about success. And the ways in which doubting your success can get in the way of taking full advantage of it. You deserve this. You belong. You are allowed to enjoy your success and use it to do the work that most attracted you to academia in the first place. Links:https://medium.com/process-notes-the-personal-is-political/feeling-like-a-fraud-survivor-guilt-and-the-imposter-syndrome-6475b932a74dhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7611691/---Read the post here: For more content like this, sign up to the monthly newsletter: jovanevery.co.uk/newsletterOr join the Academic Writing Studio: academicwritingstudio.co.uk Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/JoVanEveryFind me on Linked In here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jovanevery/ Or follow along on Facebook here: facebook.com/JoVEAcademicCareerCoachFor more advice, support and perspectives like this, sign up to my free monthly newsletter: https://jovanevery.co.uk/newsletter To find out how short chunks of time can revolutionise your writing, take the FREE 15 Minute Writing Challenge course: https://jovanevery.co.uk/15-min-writing-challenge/ Or join the Academic Writing Studio community: https://academicwritingstudio.co.uk  Support me on KoFi here: https://ko-fi.com/jovanevery  I'm no longer on Twitter, but I'm on Bluesky here: https://bsky.app/profile/jovanevery.bsky.social Find me on Linked In here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jovanevery/  Or follow along on Facebook here: https://facebook.com/JoVEAcademicCareerCoach