#WingItWednesday

On this #WingItWednesday let's talk about faking it until you make it. Sometimes winging it means faking it. So how do we wing it and not give ourselves away?

8 Ways to Appear Confident Even When You Don't Feel It I really like #8

7 Ways to Look Really Confident (Even When You're Not) I LOVE this whole article. Every single tip listed is excellent.

4 Ways to Exude Confidence Even When You Don't Feel Worthy It’s common to feel self-doubt when you reach a new level of success. Here’s how to fake it until you make it.

Part of this type of winging it is connected to body language. A few years back Amy Cuddy did a TED talk about body language and what it says to others about us. We can speak volumes to people without saying a word. Listen to her talk and read about it by clicking here.

Comments

Butter someone up

There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.

Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

More bang for your buck

This phrase was used a lot in 1953 but an earlier citation puts it at 1940 in a Metals and Plastics Publications advertisement. Read about it here . The phrase means you get more for your money.

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