How do you become an expert? Pick a thing and focus on it intensely. Keep coming up with questions. The harder it is to find an answer, the closer you come to b

How do you become an expert? Pick a thing and focus on it intensely. Keep coming up with questions. The harder it is to find an answer, the closer you come to being an expert. At the end of your journey, you will still have questions. When you are one of the few people who can find the answers, you're the expert. > It seems like the important stuff that differentiates the expert from someone with casual knowledge isn't documented. Experience is the biggest driver of expertise, and most people just don't document the things they find out unless they have to. But often the information does exist, if it's been around for a while. Ask yourself how the expert became an expert. What other fields might they have studied? What jobs might they have had? What similar subjects might reveal some of the details? > Sometimes its not, but the knowledge seems to be locked in the brains of a few individuals or organizations and can only be unlocked if your'e lucky enough for them to take you in Yep. Working with others is an important part of building expertise. Building relationships opens up new pathways to find information. > On the other hand, a minority of the experts I know are nearly completely self taught and I'm struggling to figure out how to manage. Relax. Expertise is not something you can force, it comes with time. Some things are easier than others, but if you continue to slowly work at it, you'll get better. > Generally as a hobbysit Like I said every time I've tried to deep dive I reach a point where I'm not sure what I'm missing, where to find it. Not every fish can be found by diving deep. Searching for knowledge is a normal part of building expertise; don't stress if you're not immediately sure where to look. If you get stuck, start again from the basics and question your assumptions. Try thinking about it from both a low-level and high-level view. Try to change your perspective. You will invariably come up with new places to search. As you search, write down questions. If you get stuck on one, start looking into another. Remember to take breaks and get enough sleep, exercise, good diet. We learn best when we are stress-free, healthy and happy.