024 | She's an Impostor!
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. When people live their lives according to yours, it means you’ve made a name for yourself. However, there is a crucial difference between someone imitating you and blatantly attempting to con people using your name—I have firsthand experience of the latter. Twice. It was funny the first time, and then the FBI got involved.
In this episode, you’ll hear about the time someone pretended to be me to ride an F-16. I share my reaction and how my superiors were quick to catch the impostor. You’ll get to know the second time the impostor conned people and what she got after she succeeded. I talk about how the FBI got involved and why they couldn’t do anything the first time it happened. You’ll also learn about the name of my inner impostor and how I manage to shut her up each time she tries to speak.
"It was an attempted con, but an unsuccessful one."
- Kathy Sullivan
This week on Kathy Sullivan Explores:
My initial reaction when someone used my name to ride an F-16
How the impostor's teeth became her downfall
The con the impostor managed to pull off
The inner impostor that women wrestle throughout their career
What I learned about fighting my inner impostor and what I named her
Spaceship Not Required
I’m Kathy Sullivan, the only person to have walked in space and gone to the deepest point in the ocean.
I’m an explorer, and that doesn’t always have to involve going to some remote or exotic place. It simply requires a commitment to put curiosity into action.
In this podcast, you can explore, reflecting on lessons learned from life so far and from my brilliant and ever-inquisitive guests. We explore together in this very moment from right where you are… spaceship not required.
Welcome to Kathy Sullivan Explores.