4 stages of competence:
1. Unconscious incompetence: unaware of how incompetent you are (never driven a car, no idea what it’s like)
2. Conscious incompetence: aware of how incompetent you are (driving for the first time, no idea what you're doing, clumsy motor skills, nervously thinking about everything)
3. Conscious competence: aware of how competent you are (getting easier, relaxing more, not thinking as much, learning from mistakes, can explain what you're doing)
4. Unconscious competence: unaware of how competent you are (don’t have to think, actions are instinctive, braking/lane changing/turn signals happen automatically as you carry on conversation with passenger)
5th stage that doesn’t get talked about as much: Conscious unconscious competence. You’re aware of how unaware you are of your competence. This is the level that’s typically required to teach. Anyone who’s sat through engineering chalk talks with a presenter talking over everyone’s heads, using terminology no one understands, and so on… this is someone who can’t get out of their own head and speak for the people who are listening. It’s often unintentional - the content, vocabulary, etc., is second nature to them. They routinely assume others know what they’re talking about, they’ve forgotten what it was like when they themselves first learned. People who have a strong awareness of their own unconscious competence can do things like pass highly technical language through a filter so it comes out in layman’s terms everyone can understand, which is an art form and not as easy as it sounds.
I’ll waive my standard consulting fee for you just this once Red