Fake It Till You Take It ~ Ornament

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.

Pirate Dayz made this round ornament for the tree, whether it stands in the living room or the galley (Slander the Parrot has already claimed a branch). Pick ceramic at 3 inches or aluminum at 3.6 inches, and it arrives with its hanging string. A wipe with a damp cloth keeps it shipshape through many Decembers. Hang it on the tree, from the rum shelf, or tie it to a bottle for the friend who says arrr at every opportunity.