Experience
Do we seek the best driving advice from a 60-year-old who has been driving for 40 years? Or from an F1 champion who has won multiple championships? Or from a driving instructor who has spent 10 years deliberately helping others improve? Casual experience — simply racking up decades behind the wheel — doesn’t mean much. Even expert performance, by itself, doesn’t automatically translate into wisdom worth following. What truly counts is instructional experience: the refined ability to diagnose errors, break down tacit knowledge, and guide others through deliberate practice. Most of what a long-time driver “knows” is tacit — intuitive, embodied, and hard to articulate (as Michael Polanyi described). An F1 champion has elite pattern recognition and deliberate practice under pressure, but that doesn’t guarantee they can unpack their skill for a beginner. The instructor who has spent years reflecting on how people actually learn, adjusting their methods, and producing measurable improvement ...