# The Hidden Cost of "Trying" To Look Like an Expert

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Podcast: [Omnichannel](https://stenobird.com/podcast/omnichannel-5832721)
Published: 2026-06-09T20:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail Join Expressed here: https://www.dominikalegrand.com/expressed-program How many of us actually enjoy watching and reading from imperfect humans? The more I observe this phenomenon, the more I realize that "trying" to look like an expert, the harder it is to maintain it. Not because we don't have actual expertise, but there is an invisible internal expectation of what that should look like. And when we follow that "invisible" expectation, it becomes this tiring facade to maint...

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