Marilyn Thipthorpe
Have you ever faked something you didn’t know or feel in your life? I’m not talking about faking a smile or faking an emotion but the more complex habit of faking who you actually are. It might surprise you to know that more than 60 percent of the world’s population fake things more than 3 times in their lives, serious important things like a driver’s license or an alleged experience in a multinational company. This is a serious offence but Kimberly Kitchen took it to a whole new level, or did she?
Meet Kimberly, this elegant young lady was made partner at BMZ Law in Huntington, Pennsylvania, she handled estate planning for well over 30 clients and rose to President of the county Bar Association, nothing seems wrong or even out of place, so what’s the problem? The only chink in her armor is that she doesn’t have a law degree and has never been to Law school. She has allegedly created documents saying she studied at Danquesne Law School and masqueraded as a lawyer for 10 years. Then how did she rise to the top fooling almost every one along the way? No one in her long and illustrious career ever complained of any lacking in her work, ethics or manner. So it is easier to get to the top by faking it; does truth only take to a certain point before you need to embellish the facts. But what Kitchen did was not embellish anything; she merely played to her strengths and never went into anything where she could not perform well. In fact social psychologist, Ay Cuddy says don’t fake it till you make it but rather fake it till you become it! Of couse we do not endorse anything illegal but things do need to be tweaked here and there before you are actually paid attention to sometimes. Of couse when it comes to the law and legal matters serious red tapes issues are a point to keep in mind but al so remember that many layers distort facts to their own advantage.
In another instance take Hollywood bigwig David Jeffen who openly jokes about how he lied about his career and studying at UCLA in order to get a job, he even went as far as going in to work extra early each day to intercept a mail sent by the UCLA to his manager, stating that they had never heard of him! In a more almost tragic tale take Sophia, a Romanian Holocaust survivor, who could barely speak a word of English but lied t get the job of a seamstress despite never having sewn in her life. She says that if anyone offers you a job take it, if you’re smart and eager enough you’ll figure it out.