For every activity of life there are four different stages, from which we move on from time to time. And it’s obvious that we all want to be in the final stage where we would be at our best. To give an example of an activity I take driving a car or also playing cricket. The first stage in my words (all my words!) is the Unconscious- In competency stage. A stage of life everyone undergoes. In fact its most certain that when we are taking the car example everyone will go through these stages of learning. Even in cricket, you aren’t sure whether you could bat or bowl or field yet the taste of the game drives you to make that decision. You are Unconscious about your Incompetence.

Then the second stage- Conscious Incompetency. Now you are a little better, in terms of making a decision to do that activity. You have made up your mind & are giving in your efforts in trying that activity which is when you are conscious about your Incompetence. So that doesn’t make you stop doing that. You know that you are not a Michael Schumacher, but that doesn’t stop you learning the activity. “All legends were once amateurs”. The desire to learn pushes you ahead. Now you are better, you have distinguished your strengths & weakness in the game and can say I am a batsman or a bowler; this is where I am lacking.

The danger stage Conscious Competency. This is the third stage of the process and the most dangerous one too. You have learned the art or the game. Now you are conscious about your competency in terms of going ahead & doing things, sometimes in the right way & most times in the wrong way. You are a touch little over confident that you can take things for granted & end up doing the wrong thing at the right time, probably during a right turn or something and invite trouble. The situation most of us land up on! (me-all the time!). Or for instance in playing the game of cricket the situation in which sometimes the rush of blood happens & you tend to through away your wicket playing a stupid shot. This may also happen when you have learned the game through, but what I am saying is the chances of this happening when you are in the next stage is comparatively lesser compared to this stage.

The last stage is the super duper Unconscious Competency stage. This kick ass stage wherein you actually are the master of the art and don’t think the same way. You know you are good and do the right things unconsciously. For example like the way I drive (hehehe)! You end up being the perfect driver and do things unconsciously all though you are conscious about what you are doing. Things become perfect when done in the moment of unconsciousness though you are very much conscious about it. Let the blink take over!

Don’t you think this can be related to any walks of life, think about it!

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