Book - Chapter - Competence
[TOC] Book - Chapter - Competence
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Faking it until you make it means you often don't realize when you do make it.
This could be chalked up to bad parenting or bad mentoring.
Regardless of the reason:
Receiving the recommendation you should fake success without context ...
Might ensure you achieve success ...
But it doesn't teach you how to recognize it.
And it doesn't teach you how to appreciate it.
At the core of this is a fundamental lack of competence.
Obvious consequence:
Without that competence, you will always rely upon others to help you course correct.
Not-so-obvious consequence:
You will likely always rely upon others to tell you when you NEED to course correct.
What if we expected people to be competent instead of successful?
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some additional thoughts:
- The absence of competence makes it hard for a layman to accept the competence of professionals
- Without competence in reasoning or rhetoric, most will be easily manipulated politically
- Sneakiest bit: The less competent you are, the harder it is to recognize you lack competence.
-- 2020 07 23 - 0258 - iteration 01
Faking it until you make it means you often don't realize when you do make it.
This could be chalked up to bad parenting or bad mentoring.
Regardless of the reason:
Receiving the recommendation you should fake success without context ...
Might ensure you achieve success ...
But it doesn't teach you how to recognize it.
And it doesn't teach you how to appreciate it.
At the core of this is a fundamental lack of competence.
Obvious consequence:
Without that competence, you will always rely upon others to help you course correct.
Not-so-obvious consequence:
You will likely always rely upon others to tell you when you NEED to course correct.
What if we expected people to be competent instead of successful?
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some additional thoughts:
- The absence of competence makes it hard for a layman to accept the competence of professionals
- Without competence in reasoning or rhetoric, most will be easily manipulated politically
- Sneakiest bit: The less competent you are, the harder it is to recognize you lack competence.
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