Tag: Syndrome

Yep. You read that right. Here’s what happened. I got approached by a recruiter a while ago and everything was moving along as usual. He set up an initial interview to chat about the role and my qualifications- a routine recruiter phone call, you know the drill. During the call, he kept men...

As I pulled into the Aquatic Center parking lot, I didn’t know what to expect. I was in my early 20s, a former college swimmer, who’d taken a naïve and untested vow of eternal bachelorhood. At the behest of a friend, I volunteered to coach the Special Olympics swim team — j...

As I pulled into the Aquatic Center parking lot, I didn’t know what to expect. I was in my early 20s, a former college swimmer, who’d taken a naïve and untested vow of eternal bachelorhood. At the behest of a friend, I volunteered to coach the Special Olympics swim team — j...

However you ended up on this post is a wonder to me. This is my first Medium post and I am stressed. Plastering my thoughts on the world’s public, digital bulletin board (the internet) for all to feast on makes me uncomfortable. The grammar police and meaning mafia are always in purs...

As I pulled into the Aquatic Center parking lot, I didn’t know what to expect. I was in my early 20s, a former college swimmer, who’d taken a naïve and untested vow of eternal bachelorhood. At the behest of a friend, I volunteered to coach the Special Olympics swim team — j...

As I pulled into the Aquatic Center parking lot, I didn’t know what to expect. I was in my early 20s, a former college swimmer, who’d taken a naïve and untested vow of eternal bachelorhood. At the behest of a friend, I volunteered to coach the Special Olympics swim team — j...

To Whom It May Concern in the HR Department, I’ve finished my first day here at Human Management Inc. and while I’m thankful for the opportunity, I have a few small concerns. I don’t know exactly where to begin because I’m new to human management as a career and some of th...

For many of us, toxic work experiences are nothing new. We tend to keep moving and adapting as we build our careers; but bad experiences at work, including sexual harassment, consistent discrimination, and downright abuse, always leave marks, some deep. Often, we don’t notice these scars until...

Both leaders suffered from the imposter syndrome. They are not unusual. Seventy to eighty percent of leaders have experienced the impostor syndrome. They are deeply concerned that they are not qualified to be in their leadership positions. They attribute their success to luck or the overestimations ...

Imposter syndrome, self-doubt, and insecurity are rife within the arts community, and understandably so. Art is subjective, there is no possible way to make something that everyone will like, and trying to do so will only stop you creating your own stuff anyway. But on the other hand, what you cr...

There are two kinds of impostor syndrome. There’s the one that says “I don’t deserve to be here among all these other people who are much, much more talented than I, what will they think of me” and there’s the one that says “oh no, I am doing something way way bey...

A recent trip to Paris reignited my passionate love for the city. I felt a sense of excitement pumping through my veins when I stepped onto the platform of the majestic Gare du Nord train station, when I ordered a coffee at a kiosk and got greeted with the sweet sounds of a friendly b...

Pseudogymnoascus Destructans, commonly referred to as Pd in the streets, is a fungus decimating America’s bat population. It causes the infamous White-nose syndrome (WNS) in most bat species and is deadly once it enters a cave or bat population. It spreads from cave-to-bat and bat-to-bat throu...

A note to readers: I wrote this some time ago and then let it languish in my drafts. But 2023 was the year of Barbie and America Ferrera’s incredibly empowering monologue, the year of Taylor Swift taking the world by storm with the Eras Tour and tour film while single-handedly boosting the eco...

Some young ladies prefer bad boys. Don’t ask me why. You’d have to ask their shrinks. But somehow, the bad boy draws them in, with his bad boy attitude, and his bad boy way of talkin. Somewhere deep down the ladies probably know that sooner or later they’ll end up getting hurt. The...

“Research by business management scholars Elizabeth E. Umphress, John B. Bingham, and Marie S. Mitchell has found that people who are highly identified with their employer are more likely to engage in unethical actions that benefit the organization. In addition to self-protection, people with ...

Physical Characteristics: Individuals with Klinefelter syndrome often exhibit physical traits that differ from typical male characteristics. These may include reduced facial and body hair, a less muscular build, and a taller stature. Additionally, they may experience gynecomastia, the development...

Perhaps you’ve noticed at some time that people with Down Syndrome vary widely in their ability to cope with everyday life. Some are bright and smart despite their condition, and others are slow and struggle with everyday tasks, while some fall somewhere between these measures. Here is the ...

When you grow up in the house of an addict, forced to take on the role of adult as you ‘parent the parent’, your childhood is characterised by chaos, unpredictability, and (lack of) control. When you know that what is happening at home is wrong, that a child should not be in that...

Remember when we thought amotivational syndrome was endemic to smoking weed? You wouldn’t hear about that unless you were in a clinical field. Maybe clinicians now disregard its consideration. The substance of marijuana contains powerful chemicals. That’s why people use weed. It chang...

Disclaimer: I am not fishing for compliments. I was genuinely a REALLY ugly child, and the only reason I have a semblance of a personality is because I had to rely on that, not my looks, to get me through. I had a realisation lately that the reason my dating life has sucked is because of t...

Disclaimer: I am not fishing for compliments. I was genuinely a REALLY ugly child, and the only reason I have a semblance of a personality is because I had to rely on that, not my looks, to get me through. I had a realisation lately that the reason my dating life has sucked is because of t...