It can be easy to forget just how much seemingly unrelated skills and wisdom can inform the work we want to do. Impostor syndrome so often steps in, leaving us doubting our expertise because it doesn’t fit precisely with the knowledge we imagine a new position demands and holding us back from pursuing what we really want to achieve.
In this episode of Master Builders, Ricccardo and Shormila sit down with Salima Rawji, the President and CEO of York University Development Corporation. A theme of passion, creativity, and positivity runs through Salima’s long and varied career. She has experienced first-hand how experience in the public sector can inform the private and non-profit and vice versa and how, all along the way, collaboration makes things better. Salima’s willingness to say yes, refusal to accept the no’s, and determination to always learn more and know her facts have led to an inspiring and fulfilling career path.
”In terms of the imposter syndrome, I also think I pair it with the fact that like the answer for me is it never goes away because I think there's also this like desire for like continual growth and ambition. And so, perhaps I didn't feel it as much. I would say in my later years at Create TO, where I had been doing that work, I knew I was an expert. I was kind of like in a position of leadership and seen to be a leader by the political side, by the administrative side, by the staff that worked for me. Maybe that didn't exist as much, but the second I kind of took the step to grow, it's like instantly back. And so, I feel like maybe that's just a part of what growth is.” - Salima Rawji
Key Takeaways:
- How cross-sectoral experience can add insight to private sector work.
- Practical planning for the challenges of changing career directions.
- The cross-over between impostor syndrome and the lifelong learner.
- The vital importance of creativity when approaching any project.
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