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Do you have THE PLUCK TO SUCK?!?

27 Nov 2019 · 1 min

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Short YouTube conversation (transcript) contrasting the phrase “fake it till you make it” with the idea of having the ‘pluck to suck’ — i.e., having the courage to be inexperienced or imperfect in order to learn and grow. Uses sports metaphors to argue that deliberate practice and humility produce real improvement, whereas simply faking competence often leads to exposure.

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That's awesome. You know, it's. It's funny you talk about you can't fake it till you make it, especially when it comes to playing one on one. Somebody you know in sports, whatever that is, that's a phrase often used in the sales profession, is just fake it till you make it. But unfortunately, in many ways, you get exposed. And so it's a life lesson, both in sports and business, that faking it till you make it doesn't always work.
And so, yeah, it's not about. And I hate the phrase fake it till you make it. Now, that said, we all have to kind of grow. And the way we grow is to push ourselves beyond our capabilities at the moment. And that just takes courage. The better phrase that I've heard over the years, and it's not my phrase, but it's one I heard years ago, is you have to have the pluck to suck. You have to be willing to be less than spectacular at something in order to grow. You have to be willing to go out there and say, look, I'm not very good at this yet. I'm probably going to get humbled. But from that humility, I will learn a skill. I will grow, I will improve. And sports teaches you, if you stick with things over time and if you practice things correctly, you will improve and you will develop the skill set you need. You can't just show up and fake it, but if you have the courage to show up and be less than spectacular on day one, you can grow in the right direction.