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"Fake it 'till you make it" has so fundamentally changed how I function.

• Dylanlacey 16y ago
  Heh, amazing isn't it? Bullshit has a single purpose, and that's to turn itself into gold.
  • zacharycohn 16y ago
    I disagree with the sentiment behind your explanation (or at least what I read into it). It's not so much that you're bullshitting and it's turning to gold - it's that you pretend to be comfortable in a situation where you are not, and then as you get used to it you become comfortable, and then you "make it."
    • Dylanlacey 16y ago
      Yes, OK, Bluster is probably a better word. You pretend to be comfortable until you are. Basically, you're not going to suddenly become great as a CEO, but if you don't at least give off SOME confidence, your employees, partners, board, competitors, customers won't have any faith.
      • gaius 16y ago
        There's no magic there, it's simply experience. Do something risky, see nothing goes wrong, understand that the risk was lower than you originally estimated, lather, rinse, repeat.
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• xom 16y ago
  Faking it is making it, most of the time it seems.