Comments on: Is "Fake It 'Till You Make It" Mentality Keeping You Down? http://www.corbettbarr.com/is-fake-it-till-you-make-it-mentality-keeping-you-down Rewrite the Rules Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:13:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Corbett http://www.corbettbarr.com/is-fake-it-till-you-make-it-mentality-keeping-you-down#comment-1231 Corbett Mon, 29 Nov 2010 07:03:14 +0000 http://www.freepursuits.com/?p=2860#comment-1231 I've seen similar situations, Deena. To be honest, I think it's a balance. To some degree "honest" people like yourself need to build confidence to see there's not really that much difference between you and a so-called "expert." The intersection of knowledge, skill and desire is where you'll really succeed. It sounds like your ex-colleague had more "desire" than knowledge. I’ve seen similar situations, Deena. To be honest, I think it’s a balance. To some degree “honest” people like yourself need to build confidence to see there’s not really that much difference between you and a so-called “expert.” The intersection of knowledge, skill and desire is where you’ll really succeed. It sounds like your ex-colleague had more “desire” than knowledge.

]]> By: Deena http://www.corbettbarr.com/is-fake-it-till-you-make-it-mentality-keeping-you-down#comment-1230 Deena Mon, 29 Nov 2010 05:11:30 +0000 http://www.freepursuits.com/?p=2860#comment-1230 I know this is an old thread but wanted to comment on this. I also see the truly gifted people selling themselves short while the blow hards get ahead. There is a guy that managed a project I worked on a couple years ago. He didn't even see the project to the end and he left the company and decided to call himself an expert consultant on this type of methodology. Truly laughable. He has done one project so now he is an expert? So why can't I call myself an expert as I worked on the same project he did! I find being honest, I do get passed over for people who lie and claim to have x years experience in something when the technology hasn't existed for that length of time. I don't know what the answer is. I know this is an old thread but wanted to comment on this. I also see the truly gifted people selling themselves short while the blow hards get ahead.

There is a guy that managed a project I worked on a couple years ago. He didn’t even see the project to the end and he left the company and decided to call himself an expert consultant on this type of methodology.

Truly laughable. He has done one project so now he is an expert?

So why can’t I call myself an expert as I worked on the same project he did!

I find being honest, I do get passed over for people who lie and claim to have x years experience in something when the technology hasn’t existed for that length of time.

I don’t know what the answer is.

]]> By: Student Passive Income» Blog Archive » I’m not an expert. And I know I’m not. There. I said it. http://www.corbettbarr.com/is-fake-it-till-you-make-it-mentality-keeping-you-down#comment-1229 Student Passive Income» Blog Archive » I’m not an expert. And I know I’m not. There. I said it. Sat, 16 Oct 2010 00:37:13 +0000 http://www.freepursuits.com/?p=2860#comment-1229 [...] the idea for this post from a similar post I read on Corbett’s blog, Free Pursuits, entitled ‘Is “Fake It ‘Till You Make It” Mentality Keeping You Down?’. And it made me think, like all good blog posts do. I mean, everyone fakes it till they make it to [...] [...] the idea for this post from a similar post I read on Corbett’s blog, Free Pursuits, entitled ‘Is “Fake It ‘Till You Make It” Mentality Keeping You Down?’. And it made me think, like all good blog posts do. I mean, everyone fakes it till they make it to [...]

]]> By: Corbett http://www.corbettbarr.com/is-fake-it-till-you-make-it-mentality-keeping-you-down#comment-1228 Corbett Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:01:34 +0000 http://www.freepursuits.com/?p=2860#comment-1228 Hey Trip, when I hear people worry about others "stealing ideas" I usually advise that they instead focus on things they can control. If in fact someone really wants to steal your ideas (more on that in a second), is there anything you could do about it? If you do something about it, will it ultimately help you make progress towards your goals? In reality, there isn't much value in an idea alone. People aren't trying to steal your ideas as much as you think. If no one is interested in your screenplay, look for things that you can do to change that instead of worrying about something you can't control and may not even be true. Does that help? Hey Trip, when I hear people worry about others “stealing ideas” I usually advise that they instead focus on things they can control. If in fact someone really wants to steal your ideas (more on that in a second), is there anything you could do about it? If you do something about it, will it ultimately help you make progress towards your goals?

In reality, there isn’t much value in an idea alone. People aren’t trying to steal your ideas as much as you think. If no one is interested in your screenplay, look for things that you can do to change that instead of worrying about something you can’t control and may not even be true.

Does that help?

]]> By: Trip http://www.corbettbarr.com/is-fake-it-till-you-make-it-mentality-keeping-you-down#comment-1227 Trip Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:23:28 +0000 http://www.freepursuits.com/?p=2860#comment-1227 Forgot to say that I do feel confident about my screenplays, like a "Screenwriter-Star" and faking it to the big screen is just not possible... unless... any ideas?!! Forgot to say that I do feel confident about my screenplays, like a “Screenwriter-Star” and faking it to the big screen is just not possible… unless… any ideas?!!

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