Experts
Nov 27, 2007
I will admit that from time-to-time, I consider myself a Lotus Notes expert. I then read a blog (or talk to colleagues) and quickly realize that I’m still the Lotus Notes village idiot.
I just read a great blog called Where do Experts Come From? The author summarizes a study of Chess Grandmasters which says that “experts rely … on a store of structured knowledge, which takes an enormous amount of time and effort to attain.”
I love the Russell’s comment:
If you truly want to become an expert, then you have to resist the pull of complacency and constantly approach your field with the same passion, curiosity, and effortful study that you did when you first started.