Thread by @usnehal

Shame & #impostersyndrome = energy waste you canNOT afford (I realized w/ chronic illness & pain). You WILL fall - while rest & recovery are important - sometimes the ball about to drop is too important
Don’t miss your shot

#womeninleadership
#womeninSTEM
#womeninmedicine

BUT do miss a lot of shots. I promise you, it will drain you of less energy to try over and over than to try to be perfect. You will ALWAYS fail to be perfect. You will only sometimes fail to make the shot

#womeninleadership
#womeninSTEM
#womeninmedicine

Of course there will be these people, (whether in reality or your perception of it - but perception becomes reality).

They have only as much power as YOU give them.

Go to your beginner’s mind. Find that inner child’s courage.

#womeninleadership
#womeninSTEM
#womeninmedicine

Key: don’t sacrifice #ethics #quality #standards #integrity

Typically people do that from fear, insecurity, anxiety, “I can’t lose ‘x’”, need to achieve, optics, reputation, prestige

These are ways you have given away your power

#womeninleadership
#womeninSTEM
#womeninmedicine

Achievement impo

whereas #womeninleadership for
#womeninSTEM #womeninmedicine are taught
plan 5-10 year trajectories
stay focused
be linear

instead
generate options
contingencies
“#BATNA”

if your path is flexible your moral backbone can stay stiff

alum.mit.edu/slice/6-career…

W/out being clique-ish (=group loyalty enforced via shame/control/status/exclusive access)

who can you count on when 💩 hits the fan?

Strong network of reliable ppl protects from making deal with devil for “your dreams”:

Don’t give up your own power

Sometimes feels like you’re alone
Maybe you are ...or maybe you’re too exhausted to reach out

Maybe shame has gotten thru cuz of all the buttons society, family, career installed on you

On your value:

#WomenInLeadership
#womeninSTEM
#womeninmedicine

vm.tiktok.com/ZMeacVHnT/

This is more on society than career, & while the visuals exaggerate, the phrases, we have all heard, regardless of culture

To be a woman is to always be told what (not) to do/say. Patriarchy harms men too with single rigid (toxic) version of “masculinity

vm.tiktok.com/ZMea3dpBV/