NOTE: someone who feels good about their accomplishments and the work they have put in is not necessarily ‘Faking Good’! People who are faking want their effort and success to seem like ‘no big deal’ and like there is no further room for improvement, an unrealistic picture of events. They may tell you that they never tell a lie, are never inconsiderate, and they have achieved the desired state of excellence. These individuals attempt to show that they are able to be successful, smart and talented without much effort or strain and therefore that there is no further work, feedback or scrutiny required. They may say things like “I can’t do anything right” or “I’m too stupid to change”.įaking Good: A pattern of defence that protects a person from facing anxiety or weakness, “I’m fine everything is great no need for change!”. They project that they have ‘given up on themselves’ and are beyond help, or that any efforts they might make to change would be wasted anyway as they probably would not work or result in real change. These individuals attempt to convince others that they are ‘hopeless cases’ and the only possible solution is that we all learn to work around their flaws. Like two sides of a coin, ‘Faking Bad’ and ‘Faking Good’ represent two opposite views of self, both acting as defences:įaking Bad: A person stuck in a pattern of hopelessness who avoids having to change by believing, “I am bad nobody accepts me nothing will change”. “For many people, the power of their excuse is more powerful than their dreams.” -Robert Kiyosaki These are known as “reality distortions” as they reflect ways that people can filter and distort their reality, not seeing themselves the way others see them.įaking Good and Faking Bad are mindsets that limit the potential for growth and development, by choosing to be stuck and unchanging rather than engaging in the hard work, effort and vulnerability involved in growing and stretching as a person. Of course, all people are a blend of potential and limitations, strengths and weaknesses, so neither of these positions is entirely true.
These concepts measure the filters that some individuals apply to protect themselves from changing, by trying to convince themselves and others that they are absolutely fine (Faking Good) or absolutely hopeless and unable to change (Faking Bad). ‘Faking’ is described as a motivated effort to show oneself in a particular way, especially in reference to a psychological testing, coaching or feedback situation – an attempt to present a particular image for some reason. In the world of psychometric testing and coaching, the terms ‘Faking Good’ and ‘Faking Bad’ are often used to describe common patterns or orientations that respondents might present in response to self-evaluation and coaching.
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Understanding the Faking Good” and Faking Bad measure will give you insight into how to approach your client’s unique challenges. As a coach, your challenge is to guide your client from “I always mess up” to “I can do better next time”. Integrative Enneagram Solutions has drawn from recent psychological research that shows that the most effective way to improve performance is to focus on building a growth mindset and the belief that “I can do better next time”. I'm so useless.” when their prediction came true? In these moments, key information in this article could equip you to break the cycle. Have you ever had a client who predicted that they would fail at a project, set out with that mindset and then exclaimed “I knew this would happen. The mindset that clients hold about themselves, who they are as a person and the potential or possibility for them to be a different person tomorrow than they are today can easily become a self-fulfilling belief.
"Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right." -Henry Ford
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