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The Seasoned Expert

Strong in Talents: trusting what I have learned and can do
Growing in Ahead: leaning toward what comes next

The Seasoned Expert, an original photograph by John G. Geier III

Your old map is the best one in the glove box, right up to the place where the paper ends. You know your territory better than almost anyone, and you know it by heart.

You will recognize this

You read the article about the thing you know and skip the one about the thing you don't. At the table, you correct a detail. You watch, read and drive the familiar roads, and you do them well. Comfortable. A little narrow.

The hard case lands with you. Decades in a trade, a kitchen, a classroom or a hospital ward have left you with judgment that has been tested and has held. Ask what you are good at, and you can say it plainly.

This season

Expertise paid the bills, and new territory was a risk you could not afford. Now nobody is grading you, and no promotion depends on it. This season lets you be a curious beginner and a seasoned expert at once.

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