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Wall Street Journal BestsellerIs it possible to be at your best even when you are underqualified or doing something for the first time Is it still possible, even after decades of experience, to recapture the enthusiasm, curiosity, and fearlessness of youth to take on new challenges With the right mindset - with Rookie Smarts - you can.In a rapidly changing world, experience can be a curse. Careers stall, innovation stops, and strategies grow stale. Being new, nave, and even clueless can be an asset. For today's knowledge workers, constant learning is more valuable than mastery.In this essential guide, leadership expert Liz Wiseman explains how to reclaim and cultivate this curious, flexible, youthful mindset called Rookie Smarts. She argues that the most successful rookies are hunter-gatherers - alert and seeking, cautious but quick like firewalkers, and hungry and relentless like pioneers.