The Expertise Diagnostic

There is a difference between deploying your accumulated experience where it creates value no one else can match, and letting it scatter across tasks any capable generalist could do. The three questions in this diagnostic are adapted from Seth Godin’s Ten Questions for Work That Matters, reframed for independent professionals and grounded in how expertise is built, kept sharp, and lost.

• A read on whether your recent work has stretched your expertise or just filled the week
• Clarity on what clients and colleagues believe only you can do, and whether that value is visible or hidden
• A clear view of where you sit as the scarce resource in your market, not just your time or availability
  
• The single question worth acting on first, with a plan for the fortnight ahead

Download the diagnostic. Give it ten minutes with a pen, working through the three questions in order rather than reading them on the run. When you’re done, find the weakest of your three answers. That’s where your attention will pay off most. Two follow-up emails over the next week help you put the answer to work.

Independent professionals over 50 building practice on their own terms: consultants, advisers, coaches, trainers, researchers and specialist practitioners who’ve accumulated real expertise and want to know whether it’s working for them or quietly eroding.