About two years ago the phrase “Fake it till you make it” set something off in me. Of course I had heard the phrase many times and it had always bugged me, but all of a sudden I knew why. Who on earth wants to think of themselves as a fake? Who wants to do business with a fake? I immediately came up with a replacement expression for FITYMI: Own it While You Hone it. This phrase acknowledges that you have the skill, talent, quality that you're "faking," You just might not have stepped into it yet.
I recently read a fascinating book by Dr. Srinivasan Pillay, "Your Brain and Business: The Neuroscience of Great Leaders". (FT Press, 2011) In it I came across a Neuroscience explanation that supports my retooling of the “Fake it” phrase. In Your Brain and Business. Dr. Pillay talks about the Imposter Syndrome. A syndrome that happens to some (I suspect MOST) successful people.
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