Expert, Shmexpert

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The word 'Expert' is tossed around a lot. So much that the new workplace term is 'Subject Matter Experts' a.k.a Smee. Are you a Smee in anything? Well, I must say that I am. Now don't feel jealous, but I am a self proclaimed Smee. You are probably wondering what subject, pray tell, I am an expert in? Well, any subject I feel like it.

Let me explain. Remember the phrase 'Fake it till you make it'? Being a self proclaimed Smee is almost the same thing. The difference is that a Smee must be a little more ballsy. You have to have 100% confidence in the BS that is coming out of your mouth. So much confidence that someone actually doubts themselves even when faced with a glaring contradiction you have made. You can't have a hint of doubt or self recrimination or a questioning tone. The key is to state your opinion as if it is fact...as if you could back it up with statistics, figures, hard and fast data.

I once heard a Smee talk for twenty minutes about chocolate. Did you know that chocolate helped you lose weight and if smeared under the arm pits worked as an excellent deodorant. Fascinating!

You may end up annoying your peers, irritating your boss, and pissing off your subordinates, but instead of being called an annoying ass, you will be an annoying know it all ass. Isn't the latter better?Try being a Smee tomorrow at work and it will really pay off. What? You are a clerk in a law firm? So, all you have to do is throw in some words like 'Magna Carta' and 'Jones vrs the State of Utah' and you are on your way to showing those attorneys a thing or too and becoming a self proclaimed Smee....good luck!