An expert is:

* One who has tried, who has practical experience in a field.

* Conversely, one who has been tried has a few wounds to show for it. If you don't have a glorious failure or two under your belt, you're probably not ready to be an "expert" for others hoping to avoid the same thing.

* One who has acquired comprehensive knowledge and continues to learn about a field.

* One who has authority as appointed to them by the community for having demonstrated they know their stuff.

* One who experiments - taking the field further. I call them thinkers and tinkerers.

Your execution determines how people think about you.

What is awesomeness? Awesomeness happens when thick — real, meaningful — value is created by people who love what they do, added to insanely great stuff, and multiplied by communities who are delighted and inspired because they are authentically better off. That’s a better kind of innovation, built for 21st century economics.

“Sprezzatura” is an Italian word that means “to hide conscious effort and appear to accomplish difficult actions with casual nonchalance.”