easy as pie

Experts are tools to be used. Do not worship false idols! Watching any news channel is to be used by the experts. They are selling you their confidence and paid-for opinions.

Don’t be brainwashed by studies. There are a billion infographics showing information from studies on how to be the most productive person in the world. They don’t know how you work best. If you use studies then you will be aiming at somewhere slightly above average. The only use of these things is to test ideas for yourself. To run a self-experiment.

Rule of thumb: experts that approach you are useless. Pick your experts carefully and only use what they say as an idea to be run through a test.

A great 40 minute bit exposing experts as fools selling confidence: