The Secret of Success is Sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made - Jean Giraudoux/George Burns (some versions replace Sincerity with Honesty)
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The secret of success is authenticity. Once you can fake that you've got it made.
This is probably the part I disagree with the most. Feigning sincerity is pretty easy, I think. The trick is to believe what you’re saying, while you’re saying it, but no longer than that.
The answer to everything is “yes”- if you mean it you follow up. If you don’t mean it, something more important will mysteriously present itself.
I guess so. But I've never thought this was the true spirit of that phrase. To me, fake it till you make it means to pretend you know what you are doing until you do.
Actually the proverb is sort of short for "have courage through the difficult part and you will be successful in one way or the other". It's not about being fake. The OP title, though, is a play on the term, referring to actual fakeness.
This is a misunderstanding. The point of the quote is to get over imposter syndrome basically. It's about the fact that people actually perform better when they have some confidence. It's not actually used to suggest things like a quack acting as a doctor or anything truly dishonest.
To be clear, the point in the article is still right: we actually will be less confident and have all sorts of problems when there's false pretenses. It is good to be honest and say things like "This is my first time doing this". We come across better and can actually be more confident without the pretense.
"Fake it til you make it" in the end is as useful as "better to ask forgiveness than permission". Anyone just accepting this as good advice for whatever situation without other good judgment is a careless imbecile.
"The key to success is sincerity. If you can fake that you've got it made." -George Burns
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