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MAY 16, 2022

Better Good Than Lucky

By Barret Halgas, MD
‘Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.’
—Seneca
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In a 1978 report, psychologist Dr. Pauline Clance shared her observation that high-achieving women in the workplace were often reticent to acknowledge their own personal or professional successes. In fact, the people she studied described feelings of phoniness despite actual measurable outcomes of success. Dr. Clance coined the phenomenon “imposter syndrome.” As the name implies,