Confession, I am A Fraud...

and it's time to confess.

I am Cammi Pham, and I am a fraud.

I thought about confessing. I got scared.

But I cannot hide this anymore.

Today, I have to tell you the truth.

Nothing, I do is original.

I am a fraud.

I steal ideas. I steal knowledge, and I make them mine.

People give me credit, and I do nothing to change their minds.

I am a fraud, and I am proud of it.

The iPod wasn't the first MP3 player, but it is the best.

YouTube wasn't the first video sharing site, but it is the biggest.

Facebook wasn't the first social network, but it is still one of the most popular ones.

Google wasn't the first search engine. Now googling is a verb.

All the biggest innovations were built on top of other ideas.

Nothing is original. They are all improved versions.

Why do we tell everyone to be original, and thereby kill their creativity?

Children learn by copying. They don't try to be original.

That is how children learn to crawl, walk, run and talk.

They copy others, and they are more creative than any of us.

As we grow older, everyone tells …