The four stages of competence

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The four stages of competence

1 Unconscious incompetence

The individual does not understand or know how to do something and does not necessarily recognize the deficit. They may deny the usefulness of the skill. The individual must recognize their own incompetence, and the value of the new skill, before moving on to the next stage.[2] The length of time an individual spends in this stage depends on the strength of the stimulus to learn.[3]

2 Conscious incompetence

Though the individual does not understand or know how to do something, he or she does recognize the deficit, as well as the value of a new skill in addressing the deficit. The making of mistakes can be integral to the learning process at this stage.

3 Conscious competence

The individual understands or knows how to do something. However, demonstrating the skill or knowledge requires concentration. It may be broken down into steps, and there is heavy conscious involvement in executing the new skill.

4 Unconscious competence

The individual has had so much practice with a skill that it has become "second nature" and can be performed easily. As a result, the skill can be performed while executing another task. The individual may be able to teach it to others, depending upon how and when it was learned.

I started WA being a total 1!!! I mean, I heard about a guy who was making money with flash games sites, and I said to myself "hey! I can do this!!!"

I went to maybe 10% of the WA Training and said "This is easy!!!!"

Guess what? I failed, my site was terrible, not even one organic search in month, and dont dream about conversions!!!

I was stuck in stage 1.

If you can learn from a failure then it is not a failure at all...

I recongnized that I was clueless about what I was doing, and I went into the training again. This time, with compromise, studying each lesson, taking notes in a little notepad, like a college student :)

I was entering stage 2!!! Cheeerrrs!!!!!

I believe Im still in stage 2, still faliling big time!!! But also learning a lot!!! So, even Im in stage 2, I also feel Im taking steps into stage 3, and that is awesome!!

Keep failing, keep learning, because that also is the foundation of sucess!!!

And you, what is your stage at WA??

Best regards!!!

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I just started stage 2 and I am still looking back at my notes from stage 1! I loved this discussion! So true!

Think I'm still on stage 2 great post though

Stage 2- with steps toward stage 3! Great Post!
Sami

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