There is a learning model that describes the four stages of learning.
The bottom of the model begins with Unconscious Incompetence, where the individual does not understand or know how to do something. They pretty much don’t even know that they don’t know. Whether they ever progress beyond this stage depends on their valuation and motivation.
The next stage is Conscious Incompetence, where the individual doesn’t understand or know how to do something, but there is a recognition that they need to learn.
Then comes Conscious Competence, where the person knows how to do something, but they have not yet reached the mastery level.
The ultimate stage is called Unconscious Competence or Mastery, where the skills or knowledge become second nature.
This very same model can be applied to life in Chapter X.
After a life full of work and career focus, many of us don’t even have a clue that there is still knowledge to be gained. The key is to anchor our past experiences when we moved from Unconscious Incompetence to Mastery.
But we do have an advantage; we’ve all moved through these stages multiple times in our past. It’s all in our acceptance that we are leaving the world of Unconscious Competence and re-entering Unconscious Incompetence, yet again. Been there done that..right?
Make sense?
