PhD says
𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏.
But I spent most of my life ashamed of this.
I got almost straight A's in my school exams (one pesky B).
I got straight A's in my college exams.
I got a first class degree (the highest available) at University...and I have Ph.D.
Yet I hid my intelligence from others because I was bullied for being a teacher's pet at school.
I was always told I thought I was better than everyone else because I spoke 'posh' or 'used big words.'
I was even once told by a 'mentor' not to mention I had a Ph.D because I might intimidate people.
Almost no-one really knows I'm a Dr because I was too embarrassed to use that instead of 'miss.'
𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱.
Being smart makes you stand out.
It makes you an easy target for people to take their own insecurities and pour them on you in the form of hate and cruel words.
I shrunk myself to make others feel more comfortable.
I vividly remember my Ph.D. supervisor literally calling me out on it. She said...
" when you are in meetings with the male members of staff, you act all ditzy, like you don't know what you're doing. You are so smart, own it."
And I knew she was right.
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Now, I own that shit.
I'm smart.
I'm intelligent.
I'm more than capable of anything I put my mind to.
It's time to start owning the brilliance that is YOU.
Stop dimming your light just to make others feel more comfortable.
𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 ✌️
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