Nobody could claim with a straight face that self-doubt is unique to nor universal among women—but in a world where the history books are overwhelmingly filled with men, women often get the message that they don’t really belong in their chosen fields. Astronomer Michelle Thaller, in spite of her enviable success as a NASA astronomer, still struggles with “impostor syndrome”—a condition common to many extraordinarily gifted people in which you believe you don’t deserve your professional status or the company you keep. That you’ve somehow managed to fool everybody, for now, until the inevitable knock at the door comes to send you back to where you came from. So, for women especially, but more broadly for anyone whose internalized fears threaten to turn them into their own worst obstacle to success, Michelle Thaller has some friendly advice.Imposter Syndrome: An internal experience of believing that you are not as competent as others perceive you to beSelf-doubt can lead to bein...