Are you confusing credibility with competence?

A fulfilling career needs both competence and credibility.?What's the difference?

Dr. Alan M. Patterson , in his book Burn Ladders, Build Bridges, defines the two as follows:

?Competence is the depth of knowledge and application of your expertise and experience.

?Credibility is how others experience your capability. It is the extent to which others trust you because you commit and deliver something important to them.

?Competence without credibility just means that you are smart not necessarily valued.

How can we develop our credibility?

Here's the blog that explains it in detail.

Further reading : How to stand out in a noisy world by Dorie Clark

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