Shownotes Transcript
What comes first…do we start talking about things and then we become thought leaders, or do we do a lot and then talk about them later after we believe that we have accomplished enough to finally share it? We would like to argue for the latter. In order to become a subject matter expert on anything you must do before you are ready. You must immerse yourself in it, teach before you’ve done anything, while you’re doing it and afterwards as well because it is all valuable. If we convince ourselves that nobody will listen to us or care because we haven’t accomplished enough yet then I think there is a fair chance we never will reach that non existent level in real life.
By being a part of the community in which we seek to contribute to we are acting as just that contributors. All of the heroes that you can think of in your mind…they were once novices who probably were talking out of their ass most of the time until magically one day after talking and doing and tweaking and repeating over and over again, you believed that was enough time to start listening. Nobody is going to listen in the begin but you have to start speaking in order for people to listen in the end, or even to have something valuable to be heard.
There will never be a perfect time to get started, but by speaking it into existence and consistently being involved in the hobbies, industries and communities that we love naturally we will become ingrained in them. Don’t wait until you know enough, or you have experienced every single twist and turn in the book…speak about your little experiences, theories you have, things you would like to try and explore and those spoken curiosities will lead you places you never thought possible. Your expertise, however limited, is most likely more than at least one other person who wishes they were in your shoes…how can you help them today and not some imaginary time in the future?