Fake It Till You Take It ~ Comfort Colors Tee

Confidence First ~ Credentials Eventually

The title on the business card was aspirational. The handshake was not. Six months later the aspirational title is real, and the people who hired her still are not sure how it happened.

• For the self-made climber: A gift for the friend who started a business with a logo and a prayer, the cousin who talked her way into the industry, and anyone who learned the job after getting it.
• Strategy outline: Act like the captain. Keep acting. Eventually the crew follows.
• Climbing the ranks in: Part of Modern Scoundrels, promoted under suspicious circumstances.