• Paragone@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    IF one’s doing something, like getting onstage & doing a presentation, is something one has no experience with…

    THEN “fake it 'till you make it” is absolutely-valid advice: you can’t gain experience doing presentations, without doing presentations!

    Inherently-inauthentic people, however, are inherently-inauthentic people.

    That is a different category.

    People have to LEARN how to do, how to be, & that requires stepping outside of what one already-has-done.

    How could it possibly be otherwise?

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      2 days ago

      That’s not faking it, that’s just doing it and getting better with practice.

      • kiwifoxtrot@lemmy.world
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        It is the mind set required to do something you are uncomfortable with such as public speaking. It helps people realize the confidence required to get up and speak and gain practice.