Saturday, January 26, 2013

Lying in America

Level 1 – Unconscious Incompetence
(You Don't Know that You Don't Know)
You have a complete lack of knowledge and skills in the subject in question. You are unaware of this lack of skill. 

Level 2 – Conscious Incompetence
(You Know that You Don't Know)
At this level you find that there are skills you need to learn, discover that there are others who are much more competent than you. As you realize that your ability is limited, your confidence drops. You go through an uncomfortable period of time as you learn these new skills.

Level 3 – Conscious Competence
(You Know that You Know)
You have acquire the new skills and knowledge. You put your learning into practice and you gain confidence. You are aware of your new skills and work on refining them. However you have to think concentrate on the performance of these activities and skills until they become automatic.

Level 4 – Unconscious Competence
(You Don't Know that You Know – It Just Seems Easy!)
These are habits, and you perform the task without conscious effort and with automatic ease. Your in the zone and your confidence and abilities peak.