As we covered previously in Four Steps to Mastery, to achieve mastery in any difficult skill, the craftsman, artist, athlete, fighter pilot, business owner, parent, and expert must proceed through four phases of learning: Unconscious incompetence: they don’t realize how much they have to learn. Conscious incompetence: they realize how much more they need to
Category: Competence
When learning to fly a Blue Angel demonstration, there were four phases of learning I had to go through: Unconscious incompetence Conscious incompetence Conscious competence Unconscious competence When I arrived at the Blue Angels to be the flight leader and commanding officer, I had just commanded a combat-proven FA-18 squadron. I knew what it took
The Blue Angels believe in continuous improvement every day. Are you better than you were yesterday, but not as good as you’ll be tomorrow? How do you know? Once the airshow season begins in March, daily improvement — not a radical leap — is expected. Just getting a little better every day. How does someone
The question being asked is “Are you skilled enough to be our leader? our teammate? our coach? our teacher? our parent? etc. Keeping the focus on professional relationships (for the moment), what would it take to be world-class in your current position? Why would you settle for something less? Here is today’s BFO (Blinding
The Blue Angels don’t believe “practice makes perfect.” They believe practice makes consistency and if you’re practicing poorly, haphazardly, indifferently, or infrequently, that’s the result you’ll get. Instead, the Blues believe “Perfect practice makes perfect.” That’s why they never just go flying. Even when no one is watching, they march to their jets, climb in,