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I'm having difficulty squaring what you do with what pg is recommending:

  > And by convince yourself, I don't mean play mind games 
  > with yourself to boost your confidence. I mean truly 
  > evaluate whether your startup is worth investing in.

Isn't "playing a role" a form of mind games?

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I think it's reconciliable over the fact that by setting out to become a certain kind of person/startup/something, you become it. After you're there, it'll be the truth, and not a mind game anymore.

As a personal example, I started dancing, and after watching the movie Step Up 3, I decided that this guy (http://youtu.be/EKIgbR_V8fs?t=1m2s) danced really well. So I set out to dance just like him. At the beginning, it was me akwardly dancing in front of my bathroom mirror at 3 in the morning. Now I can do what he does, and more.

So yeah, fake it till you make it, and then go get some investors.

That's not how I see it.

It's more like, if you can't truly convince yourself that your startup is worthwhile (or becoming the character via method acting), then your startup/character/acting method should be changed because other people won't believe it either.

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