I want you to read this and realize that you’re an expert.
I need to ask you what you’re an expert in. Please tell me about your expertise.
Oh, I’m sorry. You misunderstand me. I didn’t ask about your mistakes, your failings or how you didn’t finish that degree.
I asked you what you’re an expert in.
I’m listening very creepily to a conversation between a woman who owns her own house cleaning business. It sounds like she is interviewing someone who she might hire. But listening to her describe her client list and what she does made me realize something.
We are all experts in things. We don’t think so because we have a problem called low self-esteem. We think so badly of ourselves constantly. We think that we are less than those we encounter.
Do you wanna hear something mind-blowing?
Your low self-esteem doesn’t keep you from being an expert at things.
Nope, not even a little bit.
So, I’m here to tell yo that as bad as you feel about yourself right now, it means absolutely nothing with regards to your level of expertise.
However, it absolutely limits your desire and confidence to tell people of your expertise and help them find their own way. And that, in my opinion, is robbery.
God has permitted you to experience unique things, but the healing, the hurting, and the huge pile of information you’ve accumulated in the process was never meant to be hoarded.
So, would you like me to tell you how to know your expertise? It’s actually very simple, but you have to get out of your own head in order to realize it.
1) What is one thing that people tend to ask you a lot about? Think this through. What is the thing that people ask you concerning something you’ve experienced? Is it related to your career? Is it related to something you’ve experienced personally?
2) What is something that you could talk about forever? What doesn’t get old to you? It’s something that others only have a cursory knowledge of , and you have a PhD in (by PhD I mean, Passion Heart and Drive to learn more).
3) What’s something you catch yourself searching for online repeatedly? Do you like watching people rebuild cars? Do you like watching real estate shows? What comes up in your browsing history and what do you love diving deeper into?
4) What have you experienced and succeeded at that others have fallen to pieces experiencing? Public speaking? Writing? How about your marriage? Did you survive an affair? Did you survive the loss of a child and still found the strength to enjoy your life?
If you distill your experiences and filter them through the lens of expertise, you’re going to realize that there’s more value in the life you’ve lived that you can ever put a price tag on.
Now, here’s your homework: Answer those above questions. Then, go find someone and show off your expertise. Yeah, it might be awkward, but so what? Missing the opportunity to show your expertise to someone in desperate need is worse.