Expert Enough

This is a guest post from Amanda DiSilvestro. Most people agree that it takes a long time to really reach expert status, but how long does it take to lose it? Is expert status something that comes and goes, or do you have it forever? After all, being an expert means knowing everything you can about [...]

Improvement doesn’t come in one fell swoop. Improving takes time, effort, determination, and focus. Becoming good at things may be considered a lost art, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t always be working on getting better at something everyday. In this post we’ll showcase three essays from The99Percent.com (one of Corbett and I’s favorite sites on [...]

Should you always use and trust “experts”? British economist Noreena Hertz wrote in 2002 about the potential collapse of the global financial system through corporate greed and unregulated markets. After this came true she gave a controversial TED talk in late 2010 about expertise. In this speech she cites a study where patients hooked up [...]

To learn any new skill or gain expertise you need to practice, practice, practice. There isn’t much debate about that. But here’s what you might not know: scientific research shows that the quality of your practice is just as important as the quantity. And, more interestingly, these scientists also believe that expert-level performance is primarily [...]

We’ve all had those conversations. You’re talking about something with a small group of people. It’s a fun topic, but clearly nobody has really studied the subject. It’s all speculation and guessing. Good times over beers. And then, someone in the group starts spouting theories clearly pulled from their ass. They cross the line from [...]