The 4 Steps to Learning
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There are a few basic steps to learning every subject, especially making changes in our personal growth and development.
1. Unconsciously Incompetent
“We don’t know that we don’t know.”
In this state of awareness, we are simply unaware that one or more of our behaviors is unsuccessful. We just bump along, wondering why we just can’t seem to achieve our goals. We blame and we whine and we have unsatisfying relationships, but we don’t know why.
2. Consciously Incompetent
“We find out that we don’t know.”
In this state of awareness, we identify one or more of our behaviors that are keeping us from our success. We hear ourselves saying things like “Aha!” to “Boy, that was dumb!” From here, we transition into the two higher state of awareness.
3. Consciously Competent
“We learn how to do it different.”
In this state of awareness, we make a conscious effort to change behaviors that are keeping us from our success. We tell ourselves “I’m NOT going to fall for that one again… this time I will do it different!” We might still fall into old behaviors, but we catch them now, sometimes before and sometimes afterwards.
4. Unconsciously Competent
“We do it different, without having to think about it.”
This is the state of awareness we all strive for. Here our behaviors are successful without conscious effort. We have learned new behaviors and don’t have to think about implementing them. They are a habit. We may hear ourselves saying, “Wow! I got it right the first time!” or “Gee, that was easy!”
Stumble It!
