The basis of your authority is your experience, your knowledge, and your expertise. But it is crucial to wear this lightly. Yes, by all means people must know and understand your qualifications, but don't ram them down their throat by constant repetition. If you do that, you will undermine your gravitas. Bonnie, demonstrating a low level of confidence in who you are what you've got to say, by appearing to rely entirely on a set of qualifications gained in the past. Depth of Knowledge is vital.

But don't acquire it at the cost of limiting your breadth of knowledge. Because it's breadth of knowledge, that gives you the ability to form links and associations, its breadth of knowledge that allows you to see the big picture. And to take the long view its breadth of knowledge that allows you to acquire a deeper understanding of the situation. And therefore, to draw finer distinctions that other people can draw. And to build connections that other people cannot see. And it's these connections and distinctions.

There, they'll allow you to draw out insights, patterns and predictions for what's going to happen that people will crave and seek you out for your ability to make connections and draw distinctions will come across, there's a level of wisdom and insight that people will be drawn to All of this of course, takes preparation. You need to be reading, listening, learning and thinking in advance. If you want to draw out those deeper truths that will draw people towards you. But that preparation will be worthwhile because it's during that preparation that you will gain confidence. You will come across to others as gravitas