Impostor syndrome: do you sometimes feel like a fraud?

Many people feel like they are just waiting to be found out. Clancy Martin investigates the modern epidemic of impostor syndrome

By Clancy Martin

My big brother and I were standing at the door to the showroom at Fort Worth Gold and Silver Exchange, the largest, busiest and most successful jewellery store in Texas.

“I can’t do it, Darren. I can’t face them.”

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