I understood "making it" as accomplishing what you were pretending to be, often in the context of self-confidence
That's another angle I didn't consider. So you mean the traits one initially fakes, may become part of their personality (and therefore doesn’t require faking anymore)?
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?
That's not faking it, that's just doing it and getting better with practice.
A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.
Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report, the message goes away and you never worry about it.