Ever Better Today:
Season 2 Episode 09
Achieving Mastery in Four Stages
Welcome to Ever Better Today: the daily podcast for creating your optimal business, career, or overall life in ten minutes or less. I’m Lisa Conners Vogt, Executive and Leadership Coach and founder of Ever Better Coaching and Consulting. Let’s jump in!
Notes from this episode are below.
First, you're unaware, then you become familiar, then you become capable. And then it's who you are.
How you achieve mastery of leadership skills and life skills is summarized in these four stages.
How Do We Achieve Mastery of Anything We Do?
Using equipment at the gym correlates to how we master skills.
If you walk into almost any gym, you’ll see some form of a chest press machine.
This first time I went to gym I was totally unaware of how to use it. Which way do you sit? How do you change the weight? How does this thing work?!
This is also referred to as unconscious incompetence.
Unaware
After watching others use the machine and experimenting with it, became familiar with it but I wasn't proficient yet. This is the conscious incompetence stage.
Familiar
As I used the chest press machine on a regular basis, I found my groove. I became capable. I was able to use the chest press with much less mental effort (but more physical effort as I worked my muscles.) This is the conscious competence stage.
Capable
As I practiced and gained confidence, I was able to use the chest press machine naturally. At this point I achieved unconscious competence.
Natural
To learn more about the process of achieving mastery, check out Ever Better Today, Episode 7.
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