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Tag: Hot Tips

Entry #3

Don’t Call Yourself an Expert

Expert, Though Leader, Guru, Icon, Authority, Go-To-Guy/Gal/Person—these are some terms that you should never use in your correspondence, self-description, online profiles, or when asked about yourself. Chances are that if you use one of them yo describe yourself, you are neither. Almost everyone I encountered who introduces themselves as an...