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[[Two businesspeople are talking.]]
Otto: I can’t wait to be an EXPERT.
Otto: You know? Really MASTER my field.
Otto: Identify my NICHE and EXCEL at it.

Otto: Get so good that I know lots of superficial stuff about it.
Otto: Have a handful of anecdotal experiences that give me the authority to generalize.

Otto: Develop a talk for corporate events. Write a HOW-TO BOOK using a larger-than-average font and lots of space taken up by inspirational quotes.
Otto: Photo of me on the cover in a suit, all SMILING like the reader and I are PALS in on a PRIVATE JOKE…
Otto: Teaching classes! Holding seminars! OOH! OOH! Holding WEBINARS!!
Otto: THOSE you can do from a hotel room in the Caymans!

[[Darren seems skeptical.]]
Darren: “Make way for Otto! World-renowned…”
Darren: World-renowned what?
Otto: I dunno. Horse racer?
Otto: That bit doesn’t really matter

{{header: learn about WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: follow your dreams. chase your hallucinations. run after your made-up head stuff. seek a life where every absurd capricious delusion is realized without heed. pursue the things that you know to be false.}}

#1021; The Counsel of the Expert (Part 1) transcribed by in

[[Two businesspeople are talking.]]
Otto: I can't wait to be an EXPERT.
Otto: You know? Really MASTER my field.
Otto: Identify my NICHE and EXCEL at it.

Otto: Get so good that I know lots of superficial stuff about it.
Otto: Have a handful of anecdotal experiences that give me the authority to generalize.

Otto: Develop a talk for corporate events. Write a HOW-TO BOOK using a larger-than-average font and lots of space taken up by inspirational quotes.
Otto: Photo of me on the cover in a suit, all SMILING like the reader and I are PALS in on a PRIVATE JOKE...
Otto: Teaching classes! Holding seminars! OOH! OOH! Holding WEBINARS!!
Otto: THOSE you can do from a hotel room in the Caymans!

[[Darren seems skeptical.]]
Darren: "Make way for Otto! World-renowned..."
Darren: World-renowned what?
Otto: I dunno. Horse racer?
Otto: That bit doesn't really matter

{{header: learn about WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: follow your dreams. chase your hallucinations. run after your made-up head stuff. seek a life where every absurd capricious delusion is realized without heed. pursue the things that you know to be false.}}

follow your dreams. chase your hallucinations. run after your made-up head stuff. seek a life where every absurd capricious delusion is realized without heed. pursue the things that you know to be false.

#1021; The Counsel of the Expert (Part 1)

  — April 22nd, 2014

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May 8, 2026 by David Malki !

Last year, I participated in Genius Northwest, a gaming competition inspired by the Korean gameshow The Genius and its ilk.

It’s a reality show without the cameras — a 3-day, all-inclusive weekend retreat structured around a series of challenges and puzzles, in which personalities and dealmaking matter as much as playing games.

It’s truly a remarkable thing. I came in dead last in the competition, but I still had a great time participating.

The event is held annually in the Pacific Northwest (hence the name) and applications are now open to participate in the 2026 competition!

Learn more — and apply — at GeniusNW.com.


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