'Fake it to make it' works a treat....
....as someone once said to me (on an otherwise wanky management course: 'How do you tell the difference between someone who is confident and capable, and someone who is just pretending to be?'

Answer: 'You can't'.
(NoveltyCondomHead Clanks Wams., Tue 25 May 2010, 16:14, 2 replies)

Yeah this is all well and good guys
But some people have a knack for spotting fakes. I can see the sense in being yourself from certain perspectives, for example the friends you choose. If you want your mates to love your for what you’re not then how will that friendship ever last...One day you or them will wake up and think, who are these fuckers that I call my friends!! I can see in business how being fake and insincere could work for you because I see people do it every day in my office. "Would you like a cup of tea boss", "can I laugh really loudly at a crap joke you just made please boss". I only laugh at the boss if he says something genuienly funny, just so he doesn't have to second guess me. Many would disagree i'm sure but being fake is not good.
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Tue 25 May 2010, 16:37, closed)

To be fair...
...I was really just making a point about confidence, and that if you convince yourself that you can do something, then you generally can.
(NoveltyCondomHead Clanks Wams., Tue 25 May 2010, 16:55, closed)

Fair dues
I can see this work well in some scenarios for sure but not all right? Didn't mean my post to sound mean or anything, I just work with a lot of fake people but get the meaning of your post now
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Tue 25 May 2010, 17:33, closed)

see
how often they fail
(haberman is singing in the changes, Tue 25 May 2010, 17:39, closed)