This is a guest post by Michael Alexis of Writer Views. Why does the world need you to become an expert? Change the world and make it a better place, and so the motivation for becoming an expert isn’t just so you’re an expert, it’s so you can have an impact on the world; and [...]
5 Simple Steps to Becoming an Expert (with Bestselling Author Ramit Sethi and Stanford Professor BJ Fogg)
Stop Wasting Time Being a Perfectionist & Make More Bad Stuff
When you are first learning or perfecting a skill, whether it be baking, archery, or public speaking, it is easy to get stuck in the cycle of analysis paralysis. You want to learn as much as you possibly can before you actually do the task, but you end up wasting time preparing yourself instead of [...]
Do Shortcuts Exist to Becoming an Expert?
Do effective shortcuts exist to becoming an expert? Or, are things that look like shortcuts really just detours that keep us from doing what we really need to do? We recently asked some of our favorite bloggers, entrepreneurs and all-around smart people what they thought about shortcuts to expertise. Here’s the question we asked: Do [...]
Is Talent Essential to Greatness?
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. – Theodore Roosevelt Think about your role models and the people you admire for a minute. If you had to describe all the qualities that contributed to their greatness, what would your list include? For example, take Lady Gaga. She’s someone millions of people [...]












