Slide Deck design for Tanya Geisler's TEDx talk

IMPOSTOR AND AUTHORITYThe space between what we see and what is true

It’s an illusion that you are either/or

IMPOSTER AUTHORITY

It’s an illusion that you are alone.

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I’m not supposed to

be here

It’s just a matter of time before they find out

I’m a fake

Someone must have

made a mistake

I’m going to totally suck

Who me?

I don’t know how

My success is an

illusion

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I’m not ready yet

They know a I’m a I’m afraud adf

It’s just becausethey like me, not

because I’m

if I get really successful and then fall flat on

IMPOSTER

“[From a young age,

women] are socialized to be

concerned with fairness and

openness. If you do something

wrong, you apologize.”

- Dr. Valerie Young

The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women

“The emerging picture

from such studies is that ten

thousand hours of practice is

required to achieve the level of

mastery associated with being a

world-class expert—in anything.” 

- Daniel Levitin

“Part of me suspects

that I’m a loser, and the

other part of me thinks I’m

God Almighty.”

- John Lennon

IMPOSTER AUTHORITY

10 Step Continuum

IMPOSTER

Decide To Strive

Ya gotta wanna.

IMPOSTER

Allllll the reasons you’ll never be an authority.

Meet the Critics

IMPOSTER

Bolster authority thesis

victories. deals. sealed. evidence. credentials. experience. social proof. launched.

written. inspired. created. sold. pulled off. nailed.

delivered. given. DONE.

Call in the reserves

JUMP

cross. jump. dive. catapult. fall. step. fling. be pushed. tipped.After you jump,

before you land is God.”

-Gabrielle Roth

“

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Do the work.

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Allow

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Choose to quit

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Choose to Stay

We know intuitively that most of the time, we should not run, we should stay and look for a different way forward,… but we are wiser, more present, more mature, and more understanding when we realize we can never flee from the need to run away. - David Whyte

AUTHORITY

Look up at your markers

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Celebrate

Worship wisely.

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10 Step Continuum

“Be excellent to

each other. “

- Bill + Ted

“I have written eleven books, but each time I

think, ‘Uh oh, they’re going to find out now.

I’ve run a game on everybody, and they’re

going to find me out.’”

- Maya Angelou

“[I would] wake up in the morning

before going off to a shoot, and think,

I can’t do this; I’m a fraud.”

- Kate Winslet

“You think, ‘Why would anyone want

to see me again in a movie? And I

don’t know how to act anyway, so

why am I doing this?’”

- Meryl Streep

Life’s a grand production.

Step into your starring role.

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