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How Project Rockit co-founder Rosie Thomas overcomes the “contagious toxin” of self-doubt

By Administrator | 18 May 2018

Having scooped up the Drivers of Change award at InStyle Magazine’s Women of Style awards last week alongside her sister Lucy Thomas, Project Rockit co-founder Rosie Thomas tells StartupSmart the pair’s success comes from embracing family values and overcoming impostor syndrome.

The sisters co-founded Project Rockit, a platform designed to empower young people to stand up against bullying, hatred and prejudice, fresh out of high school 12 years ago.

Since then, it has grown into a movement that started with workshops in schools and is being led by hundreds of thousands of school students “who are sick and tired of bullying and prejudice and want to make their voices heard against it”.

But it’s been a rollercoaster ride, Thomas says. As a young woman leaving school, she “probably wasn’t coded to think I could ever start a business or a social movement”.

One of the biggest challenges she has faced has been one of self-confidence.

“Battling imposter syndrome is one of the biggest barriers to actually creating change or launching a business,” Thomas says.

“I wouldn’t say I’ve completely overcome that, but it’s about quieting that little voice in your head that says you don’t know what you’re doing. I realise now that no one knows what they’re doing.” Read more

Stephanie Palmer-Derrien - Smart Company - 14 May 2018

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