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Around some experts: how to figure out who to trust and who to avoid

Sergey Evelev

writer, TV and radio host

'10.06.2020'

Today, thanks to amazing technological advances, indeed everyone can act as an expert in their city, province or even country. But sometimes, having successfully advertised oneself, one can even start making money broadcasting to the whole world.

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The questions I often face are very simple: What makes a person an expert? Why is one really an expert and the other just a charlatan? How do you choose the one you need? Is knowledge, YouTube, reviews, something else important here?

I will try to answer some of them.

Oddly enough, the first thing that makes a person an expert (don't laugh) is his confidence that he is an expert. And the trick here is not in the number of diplomas modestly hung all over the walls. This always revolts me and instills some doubts about the seriousness of the master, who should immediately blind you from the door with his “achievements”. We all know that a diploma can be bought, forged and stolen. In addition, there are many ways to throw dust in your eyes. Thousands of people go to jail and die every day from mistakes made by people with degrees. Among them are design engineers who made a design mistake, as a result of which their "creation" exploded. And the builders, who didn't mix something in the concrete, from which everything fell apart ... And suddenly cars catch fire, planes fall, or the operation ends with the death of the patient. And everyone who is behind the above could hide behind diplomas, but this does not always work out.

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And a joke was born that Noah's Ark was built by amateurs, and "Titanic" - by professionals. By the way, the professionals ran it on that fateful night. And a lot of mistakes were made, as everyone knows today. And the price for these mistakes? One thousand five hundred and fourteen people. These are the ones who paid for all the miscalculations of the engineers, and those who look ahead, and the captain, and the crew. They paid with their lives. It would be good to remember this. In principle, I have nothing against a diploma, do not think. I managed to put together a small collection myself. I mean that a diploma is not an expert's seal. Although there are a lot of seals for the same eye-dusting and justification of the unjustifiably high price of education on the diploma.

So, the expert must know what he is talking about. My point of view - it doesn't matter where his knowledge comes from. It can be two universities, the result of three years of sitting in meditation with a revelation descending on him ... Sometimes it is just self-education in the form of three thousand books read and five hundred lectures listened to. There are also such unique ones. You can fool with diplomas. With knowledge of the subject (especially if it is not purely technical and requires serious preparation for both the speaker and the listener), it is more difficult to deceive the listener, although there are also such fellows ...

Well, a person considers himself an expert. He has a set of knowledge. And also - he knows how to share his knowledge. A very important aspect. There are a lot of knowledgeable people, but when they talk, it seems that they are talking to themselves and they understand everything. What about us? And we are not very good, because to know is one thing, and to convey to the listener in a digestible form is quite another. Not everyone can do this, which at the same time does not detract from the knowledge of the specialist. Now let's look at the other side of the street. There we, listeners, readers, viewers, perceiving information or not. Specialist for each of us is:

• One who seems to know his subject
• Shares his knowledge with pleasure
• Okay, interestingly speaking
• We understand and want to listen to him

And the diplomas and reviews of others do not necessarily make him an expert (which, unfortunately, often happens), only because someone said, even if this one was also an expert. Each listener / viewer needs to answer a few questions for himself before deciding whether to spend time on this broadcasting or not. I have already outlined these issues, but I will clarify here again.

1. Do I like what he says?

2. Is this topic important to me?

3. Is the presentation available?

4. Is there a feeling or understanding that the issue under discussion is related to me?

5. Does it seem to me that by listening to him, I will be able to better, more quickly, more effectively in my own life to figure out and correct some mistakes, improve the results of my activities, get to the goal I’m going to faster?

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Here are the main questions. If the answers are “no” or “don’t know,” give it up and look for another. Today there is a wagon and a small cart on the Internet. If the answers are “yes”, then listen to him, think about what was said. Analyze. Follow his recommendations, if any. Don't be angry if you disagree with something. Oftentimes, this is where (and not what you agree with) the catch lies. And after a snag, a hint idea may suddenly sound. Suddenly, the light in the head turns on and illuminates the forgotten closet, where everything that is needed, that he was looking for and could not find, is located, but here it turned out ...

Success to all in the search for a teacher / guru / mentor. Although we were all punished not to create an idol. But perhaps this does not apply to teachers or mentors. Though…

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