{"id":3391,"date":"2018-11-12T18:40:33","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T18:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/?p=3391"},"modified":"2018-11-14T18:29:52","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T18:29:52","slug":"smartest-person-in-room-in-over-sized-jacket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/smartest-person-in-room-in-over-sized-jacket\/","title":{"rendered":"Being the Smartest Person in the Room &#8211; In an Over-Sized Jacket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/smartest-person-in-the-room.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3404\" src=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/smartest-person-in-the-room.jpg\" alt=\"smartest person in the room\" width=\"800\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/smartest-person-in-the-room.jpg 800w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/smartest-person-in-the-room-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/smartest-person-in-the-room-768x466.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Prefer to listen?<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/davidwithington\/embed\/episodes\/Being-the-Smartest-Person-in-the-Room--In-an-Over-Sized-Jacket-e2j7fi\/a-a6fka8\" width=\"400px\" height=\"102px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nListen &amp; Subscribe in <a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/davidwithington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Anchor<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/davidwithington-com\/id1365119702\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">iTunes<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/3pqSjKsATP4eFOf04u5zvN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spotify<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">If you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">How many times have you heard that?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Good advice, eh?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Err&#8230; yes and no.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Why It Doesn&#8217;t Work All The Time<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">We don&#8217;t need a degree in mathematics to work out that there has to be one person in the room who&#8217;s smarter than everyone else.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3406\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3406\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/book-841171_640.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3406\" src=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/book-841171_640.jpg\" alt=\"There has to be one person in the room who's smarter than everyone else\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/book-841171_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/book-841171_640-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There has to be one person in the room who&#8217;s smarter than everyone else<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">So if you&#8217;re ever <em>that<\/em> person &#8211; that smartest person in the room &#8211; please be generous with your knowledge. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Help someone<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Bless someone<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Encourage someone<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Teach someone<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Share your knowledge.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Why?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8216;Cos I might be in that same room &#8211; and I want to <em>learn<\/em> from you!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Don&#8217;t Be The Smartest All The Time<\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">If you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">If you <em>are<\/em> the smartest person in the room <em>all the time<\/em>, then you are <em>definitely<\/em> in the wrong room. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Here&#8217;s a lesson I learned from my childhood&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdavidwithington.com%2Fsmartest-person-in-room-in-over-sized-jacket%2F&#038;text=They%20say%20that%20if%20you%20are%20the%20smartest%20person%20in%20the%20room%2C%20then%20you%20are%20in%20the%20wrong%20room%20-%20but%20what%20about%20when%20that%20just%20doesn%27t%20work%20for%20you%3F&#038;via=thabacus&#038;related=thabacus' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">They say that if you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room - but what about when that just doesn&#039;t work for you? <\/a><\/span><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdavidwithington.com%2Fsmartest-person-in-room-in-over-sized-jacket%2F&#038;text=They%20say%20that%20if%20you%20are%20the%20smartest%20person%20in%20the%20room%2C%20then%20you%20are%20in%20the%20wrong%20room%20-%20but%20what%20about%20when%20that%20just%20doesn%27t%20work%20for%20you%3F&#038;via=thabacus&#038;related=thabacus' target='_blank' class='bctt-ctt-btn'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click To Tweet<\/a><\/span>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">My Over-Sized School Blazer<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;I can&#8217;t wear that, Mum,&#8221; I complained. &#8220;It&#8217;s far too big.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Mum smiled. &#8220;Don&#8217;t worry, David. You&#8217;ll soon grow into it.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">She was right&#8230; eventually, I did grow into the jacket.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Funny how Mums always know best.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Over-Sized Life<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Life&#8217;s like an over-sized jacket.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Hey, can I claim that quote for myself and put lots of infographics on Instagram?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3436\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3436\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/oversized-jacket.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3436\" src=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/oversized-jacket.jpg\" alt=\"Life's like an over-sized jacket.\" width=\"800\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/oversized-jacket.jpg 800w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/oversized-jacket-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/oversized-jacket-768x555.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3436\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Life&#8217;s like an over-sized jacket.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdavidwithington.com%2Fsmartest-person-in-room-in-over-sized-jacket%2F&#038;text=Why%20life%20is%20like%20an%20over-sized%20jacket.%20&#038;via=thabacus&#038;related=thabacus' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why life is like an over-sized jacket.  <\/a><\/span><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdavidwithington.com%2Fsmartest-person-in-room-in-over-sized-jacket%2F&#038;text=Why%20life%20is%20like%20an%20over-sized%20jacket.%20&#038;via=thabacus&#038;related=thabacus' target='_blank' class='bctt-ctt-btn'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click To Tweet<\/a><\/span>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;No! But come on, David&#8230; tell us why you think life is like a big jacket.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">OK. Here&#8217;s why&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Because I believe we should always be growing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;Always growing? Why are you vertically challenged then?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Hey! I might have stopped growing physically. But I&#8217;ve certainly not stopped growing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Here&#8217;s how&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">I&#8217;m always trying to&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">learn something<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">discover new things<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">challenge myself<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">push out of that comfort zone<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">start new adventures<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">And that&#8217;s why I love this quote:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">If you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">It&#8217;s because there are so many people in this world that I can learn from.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">How Can I Learn From Those Smart People?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Good question.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">I&#8217;ll share a few ideas, then I&#8217;ll tell you about one thing I&#8217;ve done.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Ask someone to mentor you<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Follow an expert online, on social media, read their blogs, listen to their podcasts<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Join a professional society<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Shadow a colleague at work<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Read good non-fiction books and listen to audio books<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdavidwithington.com%2Fsmartest-person-in-room-in-over-sized-jacket%2F&#038;text=How%20to%20learn%20from%20smart%20people.%20&#038;via=thabacus&#038;related=thabacus' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to learn from smart people.  <\/a><\/span><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdavidwithington.com%2Fsmartest-person-in-room-in-over-sized-jacket%2F&#038;text=How%20to%20learn%20from%20smart%20people.%20&#038;via=thabacus&#038;related=thabacus' target='_blank' class='bctt-ctt-btn'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click To Tweet<\/a><\/span>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3438\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3438\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/tablet-1075790_640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3438\" src=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/tablet-1075790_640.jpg\" alt=\"We can always be learning\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/tablet-1075790_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/tablet-1075790_640-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We can always be learning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Here&#8217;s What I Did<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">A few years ago, I joined a community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">No, not one of those&#8230;!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">I joined The <a href=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/cma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Content Marketing Academy<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;Why?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Because someone suggested it might be a good fit for me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;So you joined because of that?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Nope &#8211; but it helped.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">You see&#8230; at first, I was quite reluctant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;Why?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Well&#8230; I wasn&#8217;t a business owner. I did blogging more as a hobby. My income from affiliate marketing was very little. And there was a cost to join.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">And perhaps most importantly&#8230; I feared that everyone in the CMA would be smarter than me so I wouldn&#8217;t fit in.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3441\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3441\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/cma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3441\" src=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CMA-logo.png\" alt=\"CMA\" width=\"500\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CMA-logo.png 600w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CMA-logo-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Will everyone in the CMA be smarter than me?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Can you see where I&#8217;m going with this?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">So I asked the founder, Chris Marr.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Isn&#8217;t it great when someone answers your questions honestly, with your benefits in mind? That&#8217;s what Chris did. That&#8217;s when it became a win-win.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">I decided to give the membership a try.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">I joined.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">And this is my third year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Why am I telling you this? To get you to join too?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Nope &#8211; but if you do any type of content marketing, I would encourage you to <a href=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/cma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">join<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">But I do want you to seriously consider joining a well-run society in your niche or profession, which attracts people who are much bigger, much smarter, and much more experienced than you are.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In the Content Marketing Academy, not only have I learned loads through the members&#8217; training, the workshops, the feedback, and\u00a0the challenges to consistency and excellence&#8230; but also from direct contact with the helpful members, many of whom I now regard as friends. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">When I ask a question, someone comes back to me with pearls of wisdom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">And I&#8217;ve even been able to help a few people too.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Hey, doesn&#8217;t that make you feel good when <em>you&#8217;re<\/em>\u00a0considered to be the smartest person in the room for just a few minutes?<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Grow in Your Room<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">So if you&#8217;re serious about growing, I&#8217;d suggest you too join something that&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Has helpful people who are smarter than you<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Has a good training programme<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Costs you something<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">So, go and find that room with the smart people in it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Always stay in that over-sized jacket.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">And always be growing.<\/span><\/p>\n<span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdavidwithington.com%2Fsmartest-person-in-room-in-over-sized-jacket%2F&#038;text=It%27s%20never%20too%20late%20to%20learn%2C%20grow%2C%20develop%2C%20explore.%20Here%27s%20a%20great%20way%20to%20go%20about%20it...%20&#038;via=thabacus&#038;related=thabacus' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">It&#039;s never too late to learn, grow, develop, explore. 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