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Hi, I read that you've dealt with with impostor syndrome in the past, and I'm really struggling with that right now. I'm in a good place and my friends are going through a lot, and I'm struggling to justify my success to myself when such amazing people are unhappy. I was wondering if you have any tips to feel less like this and maybe be kinder to myself, but without hurting anyone around me. It's a big ask, I know, but any help would make my life a lot less stressful

The best help I can offer is to point you to Amy Cuddy’s book, Presence. She talks about Imposter Syndrome (and interviews me in it) and offers helpful insight.

The second best help might be in the form of an anecdote. Some years ago, I was lucky enough invited to a gathering of great and good people: artists and scientists, writers and discoverers of things. And I felt that at any moment they would realise that I didn’t qualify to be there, among these people who had really done things.

On my second or third night there, I was standing at the back of the hall, while a musical entertainment happened, and I started talking to a very nice, polite, elderly gentleman about several things, including our shared first name. And then he pointed to the hall of people, and said words to the effect of, “I just look at all these people, and I think, what the heck am I doing here? They’ve made amazing things. I just went where I was sent.”

And I said, “Yes. But you were the first man on the moon. I think that counts for something.”

And I felt a bit better. Because if Neil Armstrong felt like an imposter, maybe everyone did. Maybe there weren’t any grown-ups, only people who had worked hard and also got lucky and were slightly out of their depth, all of us doing the best job we could, which is all we can really hope for.

(There’s a wonderful photograph of the Three Neils even if one of us was a Neal at http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2012/08/neil-armstrong.html)

neil-gaiman

I’m still being asked a lot if this is actually something I said, and if it’s true. It is, and it is. So here’s a reblog for those who need it.

memeuplift

#cat #the face

sosuperawesome

Forest Dragons

Alena Bobrova on Etsy

lichenaday

Little lichen dragons, hiding in the woods,

Gathering some mushrooms, and little fungus goods.

Hiding in the trees and eating lots of bugs,

If I ever find one I’ll give it all the hugs.

#dragons

monotonous-minutia

Kate Lindsey as Nicklausse in Jacques Offenbach’s Les contes d’Hoffmann

(Metropolitan Opera, 2009)

thenatsdorf

Bread thief. (via lexiyounng)

wannabe-british-fangirl

blind-to-the-world

That is the funniest fucking response to anything I’ve ever seen in my life ever

#cats

cilly-murphy

MERLIN LADIES APPRECIATION WEEK day 4: favourite outfit(s) or aesthetics ➛ queen guinevere’s season 5 dresses insp.

#bbc merlin #gwen #<3

guerrillatech

hannibalsjuicyass

Rewatching lotr and I’m OBSESSED with the fact that legolas and Gimli are forced to share the same horse ONCE and then refuse to get Gimli his own steed for the rest of the movies

hannibalsjuicyass

#<3

modernmissbennet

people in period clothing doing modern things is my aesthetic

starsfadingbutilingeron

i can’t believe you forgot the most important one

strangegirlsclub-deactivated202

wrap it up covid I wanna be in an interactive science museum

haleths

In fact, it has been remarked by some that Hobbits’ only real passion is for food.

+ bonus

#hobbits

rainbowkarolina

Dani and Jamie in THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR (2020)

#bly manor

godlessondheimite

catsbeaversandducks

Mama Hens And Their Babies

Via Bored Panda

cryoverkiltmilk

These are such good chickens

impossiblejellyfishfart

I can’t get over the ostriches because they ARE AS BIG AS HER

#birds #y'all

caturday

kitterjitters

how do cats even work

dorky-kazard

Cats:

A cat can jump up to five times its own height in a single bound.

The little tufts of hair in a cat’s ear that help keep out dirt direct sounds into the ear, and insulate the ears are called “ear furnishings.”

The ability of a cat to find its way home is called “psi-traveling.” Experts think cats either use the angle of the sunlight to find their way or that cats have magnetized cells in their brains that act as compasses.

One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.

A cat has 230 bones in its body. A human has 206. A cat has no collarbone, so it can fit through any opening the size of its head.

A cat’s nose pad is ridged with a unique pattern, just like the fingerprint of a human.

If they have ample water, cats can tolerate temperatures up to 133 °F.

A cat’s heart beats nearly twice as fast as a human heart, at 110 to 140 beats a minute.

Cats don’t have sweat glands over their bodies like humans do. Instead, they sweat only through their paws.

The claws on the cat’s back paws aren’t as sharp as the claws on the front paws because the claws in the back don’t retract and, consequently, become worn.

Cats make about 100 different sounds. Dogs make only about 10.

Researchers are unsure exactly how a cat purrs. Most veterinarians believe that a cat purrs by vibrating vocal folds deep in the throat. To do this, a muscle in the larynx opens and closes the air passage about 25 times per second.

A cat almost never meows at another cat, mostly just humans. Cats typically will spit, purr, and hiss at other cats.

A cat’s back is extremely flexible because it has up to 53 loosely fitting vertebrae. Humans only have 34.

Some cats have survived falls of over 65 feet (20 meters), due largely to their “righting reflex.” The eyes and balance organs in the inner ear tell it where it is in space so the cat can land on its feet. Even cats without a tail have this ability.

A cat can travel at a top speed of approximately 31 mph (49 km) over a short distance.

A cat’s hearing is better than a dog’s. And a cat can hear high-frequency sounds up to two octaves higher than a human.

A cat’s brain is biologically more similar to a human brain than it is to a dog’s. Both humans and cats have identical regions in their brains that are responsible for emotions.

And that’s how cats work.

darneildtpg

I learned more about cats in this post than I did in my freshamn biology class in college

cady-nighthorse

homotology

Gods perfect murder machines but they weigh 8lbs

bunni-hopper

@kazooldlekatdoodle

explorerrowan

Don’t tell me that if you find a cardboard box large enough to fit you that you don’t have an urge to crawl inside it, that some part of your brain doesn’t go “ooh! fort!” before you tell yourself that it’s better to not have a large box take up space. Cats just don’t have inhibitions about it.

#cats

ultrafacts

Alex (1976 – September 6, 2007) had a vocabulary of over 100 words, but was exceptional in that he appeared to have understanding of what he said. For example, when Alex was shown an object and was asked about its shape, color, or material, he could label it correctly. He could understand that a key was a key no matter what its size or color, and could figure out how the key was different from others. One day, he asked what color he was, and learned “grey” after being told the answer six times. This made him the first non-human animal to have ever asked an existential question. [x]

Alex’s last words were also “You be good, see you tomorrow. I love you.” [x]

These were the same words that Alex would say every day when his owner left the lab.

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