Confidence and Competence
Confidence feeds competence, which feeds confidence…
I really like your point about competence feeding confidence feeding competence, but I feel like you are missing an aspect to your story. To me, confidence and competence come from having a mentor or model, someone who instills a sense of confidence to stretch your competence. I think this is one of the challenges when we talk about developing educational leaders for tomorrow, it can be hard to build both confidence and competence when venturing into the unknown.
Excellent insight on all counts Aaron! Brian Kuhn also commented on LinkedIn that Courage also plays a key role. I was playing with a Venn diagram with all 3 C’s but it seems a bit forced and I need to think on it more.
Competence doesn’t just come from Confidence, you do need that outside support/mentorship to really grow. And when you are venturing beyond traditional ’maps’, I think collaboration and reflection are also key. In a way I oversimplified things, but the relationship is definitely there… and not just for activities like mountain biking!
Thanks as always Aaron,
Dave
Thank you Dave for your clarification. It has me thinking whether confidence and competence without collaboration is somehow insincere or incomplete. As always, you have left me with something to think about.