{"id":65317,"date":"2023-01-30T09:38:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T09:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medalrevealing.com\/?p=65317"},"modified":"2023-01-30T09:38:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T09:38:45","slug":"you-dont-have-to-be-an-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medalrevealing-com.staticserve.dev\/you-dont-have-to-be-an-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"You Don\u2019t Have To Be An Expert"},"content":{"rendered":"
Job descriptions expect it. Social media \u201cinfluencers\u201d claim it. And we listen to those we assume are one.<\/p>\n
An \u201cexpert\u201d.<\/p>\n
But who is really an expert?<\/p>\n
What Are the Requirements to be an Expert?<\/p>\n
Is it someone who has multiple advanced degrees and took place in hundreds of clinical trials but has never worked outside of academia adapting to real-world market conditions?<\/p>\n
Or someone who has worked \u201cin the field\u201d for a few years but now touts his expertise in books and videos \u2013 but seems to talk about the same things over and over again?<\/p>\n
What about that handyman down the street who seems to be able to fix anything he touches?<\/p>\n
Then there\u2019s that 20-something gal working in the fast-food joint with little supervision but always seems to get things done.<\/p>\n
Which one of these is the expert?<\/p>\n
Potentially, any of them are.<\/p>\n
Do You Have an Expert Skill?<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve learned years ago that we should never make assumptions about people. Each of us has skills that go unnoticed by many. But that doesn\u2019t diminish the skills. They\u2019re there, just waiting for the right moment to come out.<\/p>\n
We know we possess them and it gives us confidence. The confidence we sometimes are afraid to show. But it\u2019s there.<\/p>\n
Impostor Syndrome<\/p>\n
Even with a wide-ranging set of skills and talents, we don\u2019t feel like an expert. We\u2019re afraid to speak about them. We\u2019re hesitant to show them. And we have that little nagging feeling that we\u2019re an impostor.<\/p>\n
Wanna know a secret?<\/p>\n
I thought this way too. I did. And it lasted for a while.<\/p>\n
There was a time when I didn\u2019t know what direction to take. During my younger years, I held many jobs. Shoe salesman, exterminator, and printer apprentice. Later I was a musician, MLM salesperson, and licensed stockbroker. After that, a short stint as a plumber\u2019s helper led to owning my own HVAC business. What came next? A 20+ year hospitality career.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m clearly NOT an expert.<\/p>\n
Experts do what they do for many years. They are laser-focused. They write papers. They have patents. They\u2019re on television and stories are written about them. Everyone wants to interview them and pick their brain. And, nowadays, they have more social media followers than I could ever imagine.<\/p>\n
Those are experts!<\/p>\n
So, what about me?<\/p>\n
As you can see, I did a little of this, and a little of that. But that\u2019s not what experts do.<\/p>\n
Or is it?<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll tell you one thing\u2026<\/p>\n
Put me in most situations and I\u2019ll succeed.<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019m able to fall back on my experience in multiple industries and remember how I approached a situation.<\/p>\n What was the scenario? I don\u2019t get anxious. I don\u2019t get nervous. And I don\u2019t worry.<\/p>\n I\u2019m able to remain calm and weigh my options. My decisions come quickly because I\u2019ve been here before. I just need to tweak things a little and it\u2019ll work.<\/p>\n I can do this, I know it!<\/p>\n This is NOT how impostors act.<\/p>\n This is how experts act.<\/p>\n They prove their worth by their actions, not their theories.<\/p>\n They come up with solutions to problems.<\/p>\n Remember that handyman I mentioned earlier? He\u2019s an expert. Give him a problem and he\u2019ll have a tool for it. He\u2019ll find a way to fix it, build it, or replace it better than it was before. He\u2019s an expert because he has experience \u2013 and confidence in his skills. He knows what to do and is not afraid to do it.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s get rid of the \u201cimpostor syndrome\u201d. \u2018Cause, we\u2019re more of an expert than we realize.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWho was involved?
\nWhat tools did I use?
\nWhat was the plan and outcome?
\nCan it be replicated?
\nWhat must I do differently to get the desired outcome?<\/p>\n