The whole fake it ‘til you make it approach is bullshit. It’s a great way to load up credit cards, with the hopes of somehow magically making it big, at which point you’ll laugh at your money problems of yesteryear, hang out with Diddy in St. Maarten and light cigars with 1000$ bills dipped in Beluga oil.

Hey – it might happen. Then again, it might not.

I saw two guys on skateboards, rolling onto the Place des Arts in Downtown Montreal. One looked cool and indifferent. His friend, on the other hand, seemed a little more apprehensive, less confident on his board. Nervous, even. If you had to bet on one of the two to be a good boarder, of course, you would bet on the first. He looked the part. Might have been faking it, to be fair, but he looked pretty smooth.

About looking smooth;

Wanna look like a million bucks? Then walk like a million bucks. A good tailor helps, but you need the walk. Even then, though, you’re still faking it, even with the walk (unless you have a million $…). So let me save you about 10,000$; here is what I have learned: Looking like a million will get you into the party – that’s it. Once you’re there, you actually need to know how to dance. How to play. How to have an impact and “help” others. Like the skateboarder. At some point, he needs to know how to “roll” (?). Otherwise, you’re just “Brice de Nice“.

So find a way into the game, but make sure you can actually play once you’re there – otherwise you are wasting everyone’s time – especially yours.

Does this make sense?