"Fake it till you make it" is an awful strategy.

“Vulnerability equals shame.”

That’s what we’ve been taught.

That’s the way we’ve learned to live and work and interact with each other.

We have developed a culture that is designed around masking authenticity behind layer after layer of bullshit, hiding it away under pretence and pretension.

And I think it sucks.

One of the mantras that you’ll come across i…