Why “Fake It Till You Make It” Is Terrible Advice

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• Just fake it till you make it, they said.
  Youll get it eventually.
• I was starting my first day as a Business Analyst
  at a major Fortune-500 firm. It was one of my
  dream jobs at a dream company.
• I was so excited, but also scared out of my wits.
  They wanted me to be the subject-matter expert
  for an application that Ive only scratched the
  surface on!
• I turned to a trusted friend for advice, who
  decided to lay me with the fake it till you make
  it cliche, and it seemed like quality advice so
  I took it.
• Within a year of busting my butt and consistently
  underperforming, I was looking for a new job.
• A lot of people say sometimes you need to fake
  it till you make it, usually when you are taking
  on a task or role you are either unprepared or
  feel unqualified for.
• However, is that true? Should you pretend you are
  something that youre not (in my case, a
  subject-matter expert) to get ahead?
• Absolutely not. Especially if you blatantly know
  you have no idea what youre doing.
• I never recommend lying to people to get ahead,
  whether it is on your resume or drumming up new
  business. Its shady, dishonest, and usually
  backfires in a big way.

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• Example 1 Lying on a Resume. A lot of people
  will embellish on their resume to make it
  appear more appropriate for the job theyre
  applying for. And yet others will flat out lie
  about their experience to get the job, and figure
  out the details later.
• This can backfire in a couple different ways.
  First, most trained HR professionals can see
  right through the lies in an interview. Asking
  the right questions or digging deeper into your
  job history can signal the right red flags that
  will doom you. Even if you get the job, there is
  a huge risk you can crash and burn. There will be
  a ton of pressure to perform to expectations,
  causing stress, mistakes, and even costing you
  your job.
• Example 2 Teaching others skills that you dont
  have. There are a lot of coaches, teachers,
  and trainers that claim to be able to do all
  sorts of things, from making thousands of dollars
  from home to losing dozens of pounds within a
  seemingly impossible time frame. If you dont
  have the experience to back up your claims, then
  be honest about that. Anything else is completely
  unethical, if not fraudulent. Instead, use the
  ILT method to your coaching success Invest in
  the knowledge, actually learn it, and
  then teach it to others. Otherwise, youre
  nothing but a scammer.
• Fake it till you make it may seem like great
  advice. However, unless youre thrown into a
  situation where you must do so, be sure to avoid
  it.
• And whatever you do, dont make it standard
  practice.
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