How to Know if You or Anyone is Competent at Anything

In certain circumstances, learning happens very quickly. When I was very young, perhaps ten years old, I could memorise lines in a play or poems with ease. Sometimes with just one reading. I was not particularly gifted. The rapid learning happened when I was very interested or excited about the subject matter.

Of course, when we are young, so many more things are new and exciting.

Later, when I won an apprenticeship in aircraft maintenance, at first poring over aircraft maintenance manuals was interesting and exciting! Perhaps the early weeks and months of your jobs were similarly stimulating. Learning was easy at first.

Then, as things became familiar and mundane, it took much more effort to acquire new knowledge and know-how. I found that developing new habits was harder still. Learning becomes much easier when we have a very clear understanding of what it is we need to learn.

Competence in anything depends on three things, knowing what must be known, being able to do what must be done, and repeatedly doing the right things.

If you need to know if you or anyone is competent for a role, assignment, or task simply define the knowledge they need, the the things they must be able to do, and the things that must be done. Then it becomes much easier to test for the

Scientists use technical terms for different types of long term memory. These include declarative, episodic, semantic, and procedural. Declarative memory concerns facts. Episodic and semantic memories are considered sub classes of declarative memory. Episodic memories are facts strung together as narrative and semantic memories are facts about concepts, relationships between things, and logic. Procedural memory concerns ‘how to’ methods or the steps for accomplishing something.

In this second video in from a set of three about accelerated learning, I explain how to make learning easier by defining the desired competence in terms of knowledge, capability, and practice. Then how to leverage six different aspects of learning.

I have avoided using technical terms and instead presented the practical aspects of learning. they are knowledge, methods, skills, habits, motivators, and qualities.

Learning can be accelerated through the application of forethought, planning, and preparation. This video is the second in a set of three that together, help learners cut through the noise and make an effective learning plan.

We invite participants on our sales training courses and coaching programmes to watch the videos as part of their learning preparation. The learning methods and recommendations are universal in applicability and so the videos and accompanying resources can be adapted and leveraged in any field.

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Article by Clive Miller

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