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Fake It Until You Make It Because Success Loves Speed
Two of the most annoying entrepreneurisms have got to be:
Success Loves Speed
&
Fake It Until You Make It
But are they annoying because they’re true?
On the one hand, you’ve got to master your craft. That means a lot of reps. Do the thing again and again. Get better. Get good. Get undeniable.
The sooner you cycle through that process, the sooner you’ll find success.
I read this week that Van Gogh created more than 2,000 works of art over his career, which works out to something like a new piece every 36-hours.
Some of the most successful people I know just fly. They don’t overthink anything, or if they do, they don’t let it hold them back.
And it’s part motivating, part infuriating because even if you want to skip ahead, you’ve got to embrace your own timing.
It may mean feeling like you are faking it. Your vision can be so clear, but the results don’t add up yet. You just haven’t done the thing you’ve set out to do. It might put you in a weird place of being on your way, but not “official” yet, if you know what I mean.
