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The mantra “fake it till you make it” is horrible advice
Posted on 10/21/22 at 2:22 pm
Posted on 10/21/22 at 2:22 pm
People say it fairly often and it always bothers me that people feel the need to do this.
Some people are certainly charlatans grifting while they act in a subpar manner.
Other people feel the need to due to a lack in confidence. Maybe they don’t know everything they feel they need to. Maybe your being looked to for expertise you don’t have.
If your faking it, you are only doing a disservice to yourself. Some people will automatically see your bullshite and you may not build a solid foundation that you need if your just picking up information along the way without getting context to what your doing
Honesty is still the best policy. Show, through your hard work that you are eager, genuine, and capable. Communicate, but also have a plan.
Some people are certainly charlatans grifting while they act in a subpar manner.
Other people feel the need to due to a lack in confidence. Maybe they don’t know everything they feel they need to. Maybe your being looked to for expertise you don’t have.
If your faking it, you are only doing a disservice to yourself. Some people will automatically see your bullshite and you may not build a solid foundation that you need if your just picking up information along the way without getting context to what your doing
Honesty is still the best policy. Show, through your hard work that you are eager, genuine, and capable. Communicate, but also have a plan.
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Posted on 10/21/22 at 2:22 pm to athenslife101
Started drinking early?
Posted on 10/21/22 at 2:23 pm to athenslife101
Posted on 10/21/22 at 2:24 pm to athenslife101
Look, sometimes you just have to pull out, Moan and spit on their back okay?
It makes them feel better
The saying your woman uses is “make it til you fake it.”
It makes them feel better
The saying your woman uses is “make it til you fake it.”
This post was edited on 10/21/22 at 2:26 pm
Posted on 10/21/22 at 2:24 pm to athenslife101
I fake it every day of my life. If people really knew how dark my mood usually is and how bad I feel they'd run away. I know this because I've tried telling people about it and it doesn't work. So yeah I fake it and I'll continue to fake it.
Posted on 10/21/22 at 2:24 pm to athenslife101
Fake it til you make it typically applies to attitudes, not activities that require a level of skill.
Posted on 10/21/22 at 2:25 pm to athenslife101
It worked for me
Posted on 10/21/22 at 2:25 pm to athenslife101
It's appropriate applied to skilled people in new environments that will succeed in time with patience.
That's the appropriate usage of the phrase.
That's the appropriate usage of the phrase.
Posted on 10/21/22 at 2:25 pm to athenslife101
I'd rather just be surly, speak my mind to a fault, and just do the work.
Posted on 10/21/22 at 2:25 pm to athenslife101
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The mantra “fake it till you make it” is horrible advice
I think that all depends on what you’re faking.
Posted on 10/21/22 at 2:28 pm to athenslife101
It's a polite way of saying "grow some f'ing gonads, sissy!"
Posted on 10/21/22 at 2:28 pm to athenslife101
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If your faking it, you are only doing a disservice to yourself
Posted on 10/21/22 at 2:29 pm to athenslife101
FITYMI is bad advice to give and take unless it’s your own advice to yourself. Some people have the confidence knowing they will make it, realizing they will have to struggle at first.
This post was edited on 10/21/22 at 2:30 pm
Posted on 10/21/22 at 2:30 pm to athenslife101
Everyone has to do this at some point. If you don’t have experience and don’t know what you’re doing, well you better at least act like you know what you’re doing.
Posted on 10/21/22 at 2:30 pm to Jim Rockford
Ever tried a therapist?
Posted on 10/21/22 at 2:31 pm to athenslife101
I think you are taking things too literal. You don't fake everything until you make it, but lets say there is a job you want. You might have most of the qualifications, but a few of them that are required, but not the main qualifications. If you want the job, you might have to fake those until you actually teach it to yourself or something like that. You have to use common sense.
If you want to be a pipe designer or something, but don't know the first thing about doing it, you can't fake that until you make it. You must have had an experience with an idiot who thought that applies to everything.
If you want to be a pipe designer or something, but don't know the first thing about doing it, you can't fake that until you make it. You must have had an experience with an idiot who thought that applies to everything.
Posted on 10/21/22 at 2:32 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
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Ever tried a therapist?
Yes. "You not a good candidate for therapy at this time," were her exact words. So, frick it. I'll deal with it my own way.
Posted on 10/21/22 at 2:33 pm to Jim Rockford
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I fake it every day of my life. If people really knew how dark my mood usually is and how bad I feel they'd run away. I know this because I've tried telling people about it and it doesn't work. So yeah I fake it and I'll continue to fake it.
Posted on 10/21/22 at 2:33 pm to Jim Rockford
Well that sucks, but I would recommend not quitting and trying to find a better therapist. Like any profession there are good and bad ones.
Posted on 10/21/22 at 2:34 pm to athenslife101
bullshite. It's excellent advice and has nothing to do with inauthenticity or lying or being a cheeseball. It just means that in life, if we are to grow, we must get out of our comfort zones and try to master difficult things. And since we don't start at mastery, we are best served by projecting confidence into the world while we learn. So in essence we "fake it". Half of life is just showing up and the other half is putting in the work. When you BEGIN to put in the work you may have to fake it for a while until you master it and rather than be a sad sack just project confidence and competence.
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