Maya Prosor | Head of Partnerships @ Lemonade

TL;DR

Maya Prosor, head of partnerships at Lemonade, recounts her experience with imposter syndrome and a childhood movie audition to argue that insecurity is unrelated to talent and increases with success. She describes a career turning point where she was denied a strategic account but later succeeded after being forced to manage a Starbucks pilot, leading her boss to later ask her to join Lemonade’s

Key insights

• Research shows almost no connection between talent/skill and experiencing imposter syndrome; it actually increases with success.
• Imposter syndrome is not innate; children are naturally confident until external messaging tells them they cannot do something because of who or what they are.
• Women often discredit their success to luck, and tend to only apply for jobs if they meet 100% of the description.