Here is my advice as an “expert” ask one. The key to becoming a great expert is to be willing to know that you really don’t know and ask someone who has the street smarts and/or degree to find out. Many an expert will suddenly appear dumb because they keep pursuing only what their neurons have stored instead of being willing to truly listen to those who hear and see it differently. To conclude an “expert” is only as smart as the people they surround themselves with and allows that circle to grow in directions their mind never could conceive of.