{"title":"How I Changed my Approach to Failure","authors":"Georgina Wren","doi":"10.53841/bpspag.2022.1.122.34","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"When I started my postgraduate career as a naïve Master’s student, I will admit that I was terrified to get things wrong. I don’t know if this stemmed from an internal fear of failure, or the external pressure of academia, but I do know that this anxiety often stopped me in my tracks. Coupled with crippling imposter syndrome, I knew this approach was not sustainable. Now, as a PhD student and Graduate Teaching Assistant, I’m able to reflect on my previous experiences and acknowledge the steps I have taken to allow to me develop my CV and change my approach to failure.","PeriodicalId":166013,"journal":{"name":"PsyPag Quarterly","volume":"98 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"PsyPag Quarterly","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpspag.2022.1.122.34","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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When I started my postgraduate career as a naïve Master’s student, I will admit that I was terrified to get things wrong. I don’t know if this stemmed from an internal fear of failure, or the external pressure of academia, but I do know that this anxiety often stopped me in my tracks. Coupled with crippling imposter syndrome, I knew this approach was not sustainable. Now, as a PhD student and Graduate Teaching Assistant, I’m able to reflect on my previous experiences and acknowledge the steps I have taken to allow to me develop my CV and change my approach to failure.