“If you wish to improve, be content to appear clueless or stupid in extraneous matters." — Epictetus

I’ve been turning this quote over in my head for a long while now, and there’s something about it that resonates incredibly strongly with me. 

The trouble is, I can’t quite figure out what.

Is it suggesting that if we are focused on becoming expert in a particular area, we mustn’t be afraid of appearing stupid or unknowledgeable i.e. that we’ve figured everything out already…