True expertise isn't knowing everything. It's knowing when to ask. For a long time, I believed experts eventually graduated from uncertainty. At some point, I assumed, a person accumulated enough knowledge, experience, and impressive-looking credentials to receive permanent immunity from confusion. Questions would cease. Doubt would disappear. And understanding would arrive fully assembled. I was … Continue reading YDK that IDK #4 – The People Who Ask
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YDK that IDK #3 – The Question I Almost Didn’t Ask
Not all silence comes from understanding. There are certain questions that become heavier the longer we hold on to them. Not because they are difficult. But because we slowly become embarrassed that we still don’t know the answer. I think part of my hesitation came from something deeper too. I have often felt slightly anxious … Continue reading YDK that IDK #3 – The Question I Almost Didn’t Ask
YDK that IDK #1 – You Don’t Know… that I Don’t Know
The Meeting Where Everyone Understood Everything I nodded through the entire meeting. Not once. Not occasionally.Consistently. Confidently. Almost professionally. The kind of nod that says,“Yes, of course. That makes perfect sense.” It did not. If you’ve ever sat in a classroom, a meeting, or even a simple conversation where everyone seemed to understand except you… … Continue reading YDK that IDK #1 – You Don’t Know… that I Don’t Know
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