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Fake It Till You Make It

The performance of everything going perfectly in self-improvement and entrepreneur circles; Tamir says he values truth over it, and Tyler hears the same from customers in law and banking.

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  • merchant of masks

    Real advice, Tamir says, along with vision boards, until the vision becomes a list of things you wish you were and you forget it's a mask. He argues a deliberately chosen mask with net benefit (a doctor's bedside manner, a pilot not joking about crashing) has its place.

  • don't pretend you aren't confused

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  • Some masks are a service

    A deliberately chosen mask that does no net harm and benefits you and others has its place, like a doctor's bedside manner or a pilot who doesn't joke about crashing. The danger starts when…

  • Optimize without lying to yourself

    Routines and self-optimization are good, even critical. The problem starts when you lie to yourself and others that everything goes perfectly every day; truth beats fake-it-till-you-make-it.