Comments on: Do you know The Experts? http://www.technotheory.com/2008/06/do-you-know-the-experts/ Time-saving reflections on lifehacking, social media, and technology. Mon, 30 Dec 2013 18:20:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Technotheory.com - “The company you keep” part 2: forcing success upon yourself http://www.technotheory.com/2008/06/do-you-know-the-experts/comment-page-1/#comment-30053 Technotheory.com - “The company you keep” part 2: forcing success upon yourself Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:42:43 +0000 http://www.technotheory.com/2008/06/do-you-know-the-experts/#comment-30053 [...] about the effects of surrounding yourself with people who are where you’d like to be, who are experts, and who you [...] [...] about the effects of surrounding yourself with people who are where you’d like to be, who are experts, and who you [...]

]]> By: Charlie Gilkey | Productive Flourishing http://www.technotheory.com/2008/06/do-you-know-the-experts/comment-page-1/#comment-22833 Charlie Gilkey | Productive Flourishing Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:03:28 +0000 http://www.technotheory.com/2008/06/do-you-know-the-experts/#comment-22833 I was thinking it'd be me with the notebook and paper - but I do look forward to it. We'll meet one day. Great new design! I was thinking it’d be me with the notebook and paper – but I do look forward to it. We’ll meet one day. Great new design!

]]> By: Jared Goralnick http://www.technotheory.com/2008/06/do-you-know-the-experts/comment-page-1/#comment-22769 Jared Goralnick Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:53:04 +0000 http://www.technotheory.com/2008/06/do-you-know-the-experts/#comment-22769 Well I guess when we get together someday Charlie that I'd better have a recorder and a sheet of paper! Well I guess when we get together someday Charlie that I’d better have a recorder and a sheet of paper!

]]> By: Charlie Gilkey | Productive Flourishing http://www.technotheory.com/2008/06/do-you-know-the-experts/comment-page-1/#comment-22766 Charlie Gilkey | Productive Flourishing Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:05:59 +0000 http://www.technotheory.com/2008/06/do-you-know-the-experts/#comment-22766 I've found that the experts are pretty easy to get to know. After all, once they become experts, real people get scared to talk to them and all they get are people trying to ride coattails. They rarely get actual human conversations. I've learned that, when you deal with experts, be prepared to write a lot of stuff down afterwards. They tend to generate a lot of really good ideas without realizing it - it's best to keep an open mind and listen. I’ve found that the experts are pretty easy to get to know. After all, once they become experts, real people get scared to talk to them and all they get are people trying to ride coattails. They rarely get actual human conversations.

I’ve learned that, when you deal with experts, be prepared to write a lot of stuff down afterwards. They tend to generate a lot of really good ideas without realizing it – it’s best to keep an open mind and listen.

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