Fake it in order to make it?

http://hr.toolbox.com/blogs/why-i-love-my-job/in-praise-of-faking-it-to-make-it-51795?reftrk=no&trdref=4e6577736c6574746572

In my seventh decade, I reluctantly must conclude that those who have really "made it" are for the most part no smarter than many, many peers and contemporaries who flopped.  Being bold often made the difference. Sometimes just trying made the difference. Persistence was usually important.

And, of course, sometimes, it was just dumb luck.  The roulette wheel of life rolled the little ball around to spme youngster's number and that, as they say, was that.