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+# True Believer
+
+## Also Known As
+
+n/a
+
+## Summary
+
+The process looks more important than the final value/objective.
+
+## Context
+
+The manager in this case believes that if the output of the project isn’t successful as they planned it is because something went wrong during the process.
+
+## Symptoms and Consequences
+
+-	Not flexible process.
+-	Loss of patience from stakeholders.
+-	Conflicts inside the team.
+
+## Causes
+
+-	Bad performance and/or delays over the product.
+-	Intellectual arrogance by the manager.
+-	High conviction by the manager.
+-	Strategy that worked in the past.
+
+## Solution
+
+-	Turn the process to be more flexible.
+-	Revise the whole project.
+
+## Notes
+
+Comes from the psychology of Eric Hoffer
+
+## Related Anti-patterns
+
+Cargo Cult, Escalation of Commitment
+
+## Sources
+
+Eric Hoffer’s book: “The True Believer”
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_True_Believer
+https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psych-unseen/202503/the-psychology-of-the-true-believer