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Fake it till you make it

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Slowly realizing that “fake it till you make it” is really about convincing myself before anyone else that I’m capable of doing it. That in fact the hardest person to have faith in is often myself. Because the activation energy of getting started is not lack of experience or knowledge. It’s overcomming my gut reaction that I am not good enough. And maybe I am not good enough to actually do it.

Fake it till you make it amirbolous.eth, floating online, touching grass, Fake it till you make it Mar 19, 2022 life Slowly realizing that “fake it till you make it” is really about convincing myself before anyone else that I’m capable of doing it. That in fact the hardest person to have faith in is often myself. Because the activation energy of getting started is not lack of experience or knowledge. It’s overcomming my gut reaction that I am not good enough. And maybe I am not good enough to actually do it. But I’m good enough to act like I’m doing it. And at some point the acting becomes ind

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