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Rules of Thinking, The
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Rules of Thinking, The

by Richard Templar
September 2019
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
240 pages
4h 15m
English
Pearson Business
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RULE 26

No one likes to be incompetent

I don’t like to bang on about psychological theory (I’m certainly not knocking it – I just like to stay firmly focused on the practical). There is one piece of theory however that you might find helpful. It relates to how you feel when you’re learning a new skill, and says that there are four stages to learning:

  1. Unconscious incompetence:6 that’s when you don’t even realise that you can’t do a thing. For example, before you start learning to drive you have no idea what’s involved.
  2. Conscious incompetence: which is when you are aware that you’re not good at it. You start driving and discover you can’t steer properly, or you always brake too slowly, or you keep stalling.
  3. Conscious competence: you can do ...
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ISBN: 9781292263823