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As the internet is full of dubiously-qualified people who self-declare that they're experts for marketing purposes and/or because they're suffering from the Dunning-Kruger effect, what do you use to support the claim that you're an "expert" and a "leading expert"* on social skills?

*from your new book's Kindle description?

Thanks for answering. Sounds reasonable.

Regarding #5, working towards formal credentials, I don't think that matters much. It's not bad by any means, but it doesn't have much bearing on how much he knows about social skills now.

For one, he doesn't have the degree yet. Two, unless he's doing a thesis on social skills he's not really learning about the topic, just more general psychology stuff.

Now if he gets a degree, then sets up a private practice where he works with social skills clients for several years, then he'd another point to support his claim of having special expertise.

If he's got a current basis for calling himself an expert I'd say it comes from #1 and #2, having done a lot of research on the topic and having worked with many coaching clients.