8 Principles Remarkable Experts Live By

Great experts embody consistent working principles

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This episode’s topic, in a nutshell…

Not everyone can be called a genuine expert. I feel like there are some defining characteristics and principles at play.

For me, expertise is not simply about having information. It is about having knowledge that has been challenged, stretched, shaped and added-to over time – and knowing how to apply that knowledge with context, perspective and care.

In this episode I unpack the eight principles and invite you to consider how they show up in your own work.

Highlights

In this episode I unpack:

The eight principles I feel that all remarkable experts embody and embrace in being themselves out in the world and in the work that they do are as follows:

1. Expertise is earned over a period of time
2. Proficiency is paramount
3. Context and perspective are crucial
4. Voracious hunger for learning
5. Advice is given – as it is needed
6. Trust is non-negotiable
7. Empathy improves human connection
8. Thoughts and ideas have impact

What I hope you’ll get from this discussion:

I’d love you to use these eight principles as a little mirror.

If you see yourself as a subject matter expert, how many of them are genuinely part of how you work and move through your life?

Hopefully you will agree that being expert is not just what you know, put on your website or even what your qualifications say.

It’s more about how you: think; apply your knowledge; respond when things get difficult; and even how willing you are to keep learning.

Why pay attention to this now? Because the quality of your thinking and how you care and look after people when you are advising them…matters. It matters more than ever because we are living in a time where information is abundant and technology can make almost anyone sound knowledgeable.

True experts can draw on their deep knowledge, experience and proficiency to provide context and perspective to the questions being asked and answered.

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