FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT!
Fake it till you make it! What does that really mean? An inducement to portray a false image? Or encouragement to project confidence? When prospective clients contact me I tell them from the very start, who I am, what I do, what I can do as an editor & publisher & what I can't & am unwilling to do for them. I don't like to project myself bigger & better than I am & I don't give them exaggerated promises which I may find tough to keep. I refuse to fake it even though I have been told I will never make it if I don't. Even to my friends "I am who I am" - I don't like to pretend, I show what I am all about - you get what you see. What does masking my feelings and abilities say about me? Isn't it dishonesty to hide your true self from the world? "Faking it" will result in more harm than good and can land you in a deep pool of slush you can never get out of. At work admitting I don’t have the credentials or experience need...