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Fake it until you make it - reframed

Published Jul 8, 2025, 5:00 PM

Today I am talking about a phrase that cops a lot of heat - but one I actually think is brilliant when you reframe it correctly. 

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A team that as are here working back to the building Better Humans project podcast. Say, I want to talk about a phrase. It cops a lot of heat, but when I actually think is brilliant when you understand it properly, and that is fake it until you make it now. I know some people don't like that one. I was coaching one once in the second I said that. She shut down with the old I don't want to be fake. I don't want people to think I'm pretending to be something I'm not, et cetera, et cetera, and fair enough. But here's a problem with that reaction. She got to hung up on the word fake, but she completely missed the power of the message. Here's what it means to me. It means act as if to me, fake until make It means act as if you're already the person you want to become, Act as if you've already built the confidence, as if you already believe in yourself, as if you already deserve to be in the room to chase that dream, to lead that team, to run that business, to hit that goal. It's not about pretending to be something that you're not. It's about stepping into who you could be before you fully believe it. Yet, think about it like this. If you want to be more confident, starts showing up like someone who is. If you want to be fit and healthy, start making decisions like someone who's already there. If you want to be a great leader, start leading like you are one with integrity, courage, and consistency. That's not fake. That's growth, that's belief in action. That's fast tracking to becoming who and what you want to become. We've all had those moments of self doubt where you walk into a room and feel like you don't belong where the voice in your head says, who do you think you are? But here's the truth. You become what you consistently act like. So if you act like a person who believes in themselves, who backs themselves, who goes after what they want, you'll become that person. That's the magic in fake it until you make it. Words are just words, so don't get hung up on them. Some people get stuck on language. They hear the word fake and they throw out the whole idea. But me, I don't give words more weight than they deserve. I'm not interested in semantics. I'm interested in results, and this mindset, this approach, it gets results. I don't care if you call it acting as if stepping into your power or fake it until you make it. What matters is that you stop waiting to feel ready and start showing up like the person you want to become. So this is my challenge to you. What's one air in your life where you've been holding back because you don't feel ready. Now ask yourself, how would the version of me who's already crushing this area behave? And then start behaving like that version. The rest will catch up.

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