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Impostor Syndrome and the Creative Industry

Jay Collett
September 19, 2019

Impostor Syndrome and the Creative Industry

Impostor Syndrome has been running rampant in the minds of creatives for too long now.

With my talk, I try and raise awareness for what Impostor Syndrome really is, why I think it hits us creatives the hardest and how I’ve learned to live with it.

First presented at DotAll 2019 in Montreal.

Jay Collett

September 19, 2019
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  1. Impostor Syndrome and the Creative Industry By Jay Collett, a

    Digital Creative from Bath, England. @JayBox325 jaycollett.co [email protected]
  2. “ The persistent inability to believe that one's success is

    deserved or has been legitimately achieved as a result of one's own efforts or skills. Definition in the Oxford English Dictionary @JayBox325
  3. I’m letting my colleagues down I’ll never be able to

    do that.
 I should find a new career I’m stealing a living I’m not up to this Everyone else in this room knows more than me @JayBox325
  4. The Impostor Phenomenon, Dr Pauline Clance & Dr Suzanne Imes

    @JayBox325 c. 70% of the U.S. population have
 experienced Impostor Syndrome !
  5. Access Commercial Finance, June 2018 @JayBox325 87% of UK employees

    in the creative arts and design sector experienced Impostor Syndrome in 2018 "
  6. Access Commercial Finance, June 2018 @JayBox325 86% of UK adults

    aged between 18 and 34 experienced Impostor Syndrome in 2018 #
  7. Expedia 72.88% Amazon 64.48% LinkedIn 62.5% Facebook 59.31% Microsoft 56.21%

    Google 55.99% eBay 49.69% Apple 45.45% @JayBox325
  8. Expedia 72.88% Amazon 64.48% LinkedIn 62.5% Facebook 59.31% Microsoft 56.21%

    Google 55.99% eBay 49.69% Apple 45.45% @JayBox325
  9. Access Commercial Finance, June 2018 @JayBox325 $ % & '

    ( ) * 87% 74% 79% 79% 70% 61% 57% +
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    ( ) * 87% 74% 79% 79% 70% 61% 57% + , 54%
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    ( ) * 87% 74% 79% 79% 70% 61% 57% + , 54% 45%
  12. Our tools and skills are changing almost every week and

    it’s on our own shoulders to keep up. @JayBox325
  13. “ I really felt so utterly inadequate. I thought the

    work was the only thing of value. David Bowie @JayBox325
  14. “ No matter what we’ve done, there comes a point

    where you think, ‘How did I get here? When are they going to discover that I am, in fact, a fraud and take everything away from me?’ Tom Hanks @JayBox325
  15. “ It doesn’t go away, that feeling that you shouldn’t

    take me that seriously. What do I know? Michelle Obama @JayBox325
  16. Keep a folder of your positive feedback.
 When you’re feeling

    like you can’t do anything right, pull out a couple and read them. - @laurieontech @JayBox325
  17. Impostor Syndrome and the Creative Industry By Jay Collett, a

    Digital Creative from Bath, England. @JayBox325 jaycollett.co [email protected]