What does it mean to fake it till you become it, and is it good advice?
You’ll never get a second chance to make a first impression” Therefore, ”Fake it till you make it” makes perfect sense. The saying “Fake it till you make it” has been used for over a hundred years, its originator William James believed that “physiology and activity influence our mood”. Productive flourishing (2014) Amy Cuddy agrees in influencing our mood by using “power posing” as a way to achieve “faking it till you become it” Ted.com (2012). Do these actions really work, and is it the best advice to follow? I think that “faking it till you become it” is good advice, to me it means persistence is the key, and persistence can bring you through many stressful events if …show more content…
Some might think that when you portray yourself in a way that you may not truly feel, it makes you disingenuous. Linda Clemons, body language expert whose clients include the FBI and US customs says “Where body language is concerned, “fake it ‘til you make it” is a very bad plan, Clemons says. No one can practice their way out of their nonverbal “tells” except for psychopaths, whose brains legitimately believe they are telling the truth.” Forbes (2014). So does “faking it till you make it”, make you a liar or even worse a psychopath? I think in some extreme cases, one might Fake it till you become a dangerous person. Clearly that is not the norm. Maybe it’s not your regular persona, but we often have different personalities depending on who we are speaking …show more content…
It is also used in some form another by large corporations yearly. Some feel that “faking it till you make it” in a convincing way can only be accomplished by psychopaths, but this is surely only in the most extreme of cases. I have experienced that any form of “power posing” or “faking it till you make it” can be useful. We all use it as a guideline in our everyday life to make the appropriate impression that we want others to perceive us
You’ll never get a second chance to make a first impression” Therefore, ”Fake it till you make it” makes perfect sense. The saying “Fake it till you make it” has been used for over a hundred years, its originator William James believed that “physiology and activity influence our mood”. Productive flourishing (2014) Amy Cuddy agrees in influencing our mood by using “power posing” as a way to achieve “faking it till you become it” Ted.com (2012). Do these actions really work, and is it the best advice to follow? I think that “faking it till you become it” is good advice, to me it means persistence is the key, and persistence can bring you through many stressful events if …show more content…
Some might think that when you portray yourself in a way that you may not truly feel, it makes you disingenuous. Linda Clemons, body language expert whose clients include the FBI and US customs says “Where body language is concerned, “fake it ‘til you make it” is a very bad plan, Clemons says. No one can practice their way out of their nonverbal “tells” except for psychopaths, whose brains legitimately believe they are telling the truth.” Forbes (2014). So does “faking it till you make it”, make you a liar or even worse a psychopath? I think in some extreme cases, one might Fake it till you become a dangerous person. Clearly that is not the norm. Maybe it’s not your regular persona, but we often have different personalities depending on who we are speaking …show more content…
It is also used in some form another by large corporations yearly. Some feel that “faking it till you make it” in a convincing way can only be accomplished by psychopaths, but this is surely only in the most extreme of cases. I have experienced that any form of “power posing” or “faking it till you make it” can be useful. We all use it as a guideline in our everyday life to make the appropriate impression that we want others to perceive us