Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, ‘She doesn’t have what it takes.” ~ ‘ They will say, ‘Women don’t have what it...

The only thing you should be faking is confidence. If you don’t have it yet, pretend that you do. Pretend you’re not nervous, pretend you’re not scared, and after a while, the pretend part disappears.