The Secret Thoughts Of Successful Women 

by Valerie Young

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“It’s only because they like me. I was in the right place at the right time. I just work harder than the others. I don’t deserve this. It’s just a matter of time before I am found out. Someone must have made a terrible mistake.”

Chances are this internal monologue sounds all too familiar. And you’re not alone.

​Although I’ve been aware of the impostor syndrome for years, after reading this I not only understand the history and context of it so much better, but believe this book could inspire fellow sufferers to take some action. Just the act of reading it has already helped me, and it has some practical exercises and questions that I think I can use going forwards. I found myself highlighting so many pages in agreement…I highly recommend it for any women who ever find themselves feeling like a fraud. And men too!

“Everyone loses when you play small,” she writes. “There are people out there this very minute who want and deserve to benefit from your full range of knowledge, abilities, and skills.”

Nish Manek, Next Gen GP Cambridgeshire

Q&A WITH DR NISH MANEK, GP TRAINEE AND FOUNDER OF NEXT GENERATION GP

Being a GP trainee provides an exciting time. It’s when many learn how diverse the life of a GP can be, as it’s one of the few jobs that give the flexibility to do other things alongside your career.

We sat down with Nish Manek, GP registrar at Trumpington St Medical Practice, who shared with us what it was like to be a National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellow at NHS England, and how that led to her starting the ‘Next Generation GP’ programme.

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GENERAL PRACTICE THROUGH THE EYES OF A GP TRAINEE

Nish Manek is a GP trainee.

She is also, for this year, on the prestigious National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellow scheme – which is designed to fast track doctors in training “…who present with the clearest potential to develop as medical leaders of the future”. In this role she is spending 12 months working alongside Dr Arvind Madan, NHS England’s Director of Primary Care.

In this podcast Nish eloquently and enthusiastically advocates for general practice as a career and outlines her hopes and expectations for the future. She explains the benefits of being on the Clinical Fellow scheme and talks about Next Generation GP, the programme she has co-developed for aspiring leaders in general practice.

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