Who's Right? - Can You Fake It Till You Make It?

Hard Knox with Amanda Knox

Knox Robinson Productions

True Crime, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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In this playful and revealing back-and-forth, Amanda and Chris debate the ethics, psychology, and survival-value of improvising your way through life. They touch on careers, creativity, parenting, identity, and confidence, while exploring why adaptability may now be the most essential human skill of all. How do you know when to “fake it till you make it”? Reach out to us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.amandaknox.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠amandaknox.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ X: @amandaknox IG: @amamaknox Bluesky: @⁠⁠amandaknox.com⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Free: My Search for Meaning⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Waking Up Meditation App ⁠⁠⁠https://www.wakingup.com/Amandaknox Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey Harry.
0:00.7	Hello mate.
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0:32.7	I'm Amanda Knox and you're listening to Hard Knox.
0:41.7	I'm Amanda Knox, and you're listening to Hard Knox. Welcome to Who's Right. It's me. It's me. Today we're going to decide who has the last word.
0:51.2	And it turns out it's both of us. Yes, both of us have this drink and there's no real
0:57.0	reason why we're drinking this. It's just Friday and it's kind of the end of the day. And I feel
1:04.2	like I'm on the set of Mad Men now. So, you know, slap my butt and give me a pay cut. Because
1:09.4	here we go, back to the 50s um well what are we
1:14.5	talking about today we're talking about faking it until you make it mm yes is that is it wise
1:22.3	philosophy is it ethical mm Mm. Yes.
1:30.1	So, okay, here's my immediate take.
1:36.7	It's not ethical to lie, right?
1:42.6	Like if someone says, as they're, you know, asking you to take on a job,
1:48.5	have you ever done this job before? Like, have you ever been the director of a Broadway play before? Yeah. You can't just be like, oh, totally, yeah. Yeah.
1:57.6	I directed Lion King and Spider-Man. Yeah. Have you heard of the cursed child? That was me. You know, like, I think that that is unethical. So you can't be George Costanza, essentially. Oh, yeah. You know, the new Guggenheim, I designed that, you know? Ah, is that what, okay. Well, definitely don't be George Costanza ever.
2:20.3	I can't think of any situation where it would be a good idea to follow in the footsteps of George Costanza, except when he does the opposite of what he would normally do.
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