The “making it” for variety of things have different time frames.

“Fake it until you make it” is often dismissed as shallow, but it’s closer to Franklin’s truth. Faking it long enough is making it. The repetition of behavior, not the sincerity of belief, is what shapes character.

The time frame is dependent on how aligned your honest self is to your phony self¹

i’m referencing a post that can be found here: https://boz.com/articles/you-are-how-you-act

~ updated at: 2025-10-27T04:45:00.042Z