Fake it ' til you make it - wikipedia Fake it ' til you make it `` Act as if '' redirects here. For the band, see Act As If ( band ). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( June 2017 ) `` Fake it ' til you make it '' is a common English idiom, which suggests that by imitating confidence, competence, and an optimistic mindset, a person can realize those qualities in their real life. It echoes the underlying principles of cognitive behavioral therapy ( CBT ) as a means to enable a change in one 's behavior. The phrase `` fake it ' til you make it '' is similar in meaning to the idiom `` act as if '', and is also similar to Aristotle 's idea that to be virtuous, one must act as a virtuous person would act. In the 1920s, Alfred Adler, a disciple of Sigmund Freud, developed a therapeutic technique that he called `` acting as if ''. This strategy gave his clients an opportunity to practice alternatives to dysfunctional behaviors. Adler 's method is still used today and is often described as `` role play ''. See also Faking It References Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fake_it_%27til_you_make_it&oldid=801933089 '' Categories : Catchphrases Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from June 2017 All articles needing additional references Talk About Wikipedia Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 22 September 2017, at 21 : 24. About Wikipedia

Question: where did fake it till you make it come from
Answer: cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)