How to know your circle of competence
Summary
- We have an area where we are expert in - this is our circle of competence.
Details
- It is useful to know our strengths and weaknesses.
- Our circle of competence we are able to make quick and mostly accurate decisions, quickly assess situations, and have a lot of options on how to solve problems
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How do you know when you have a circle of competence? Within our circles of competence, we know exactly what we don’t know. We are able to make decisions quickly and relatively accurately. We possess detailed knowledge of additional information we might need to make a decision with full understanding, or even what information is unobtainable. We know what is knowable and what is unknowable and can distinguish between the two. We can anticipate and respond to objections because we’ve heard them before and already put in the work of gaining the knowledge to counter them. We also have a lot of options when we confront problems in our circles. Our deep fluency in subjects we are dealing with means we can draw on different information resources and understand what can be adjusted and what is invariant
There are three key practices needed in order to build and maintain a circle of competence: curiosity and a desire to learn, monitoring, and feedback