Success Vs. Confidence
"Competence leads to confidence, but not vice versa."-Thomas Chamorro Premusic article Confidence Does not Lead to Success
One of the self help bits of advice that you get is to "fake it until you make it". If you don't know what to do then simply ask yourself, "What would I do if I knew what to do?" But this article completely disproves this idea.
According to the article there is only a 30% correlation between success and career confidence. In other words we would only be 20% more accurate than if we just guessed(50/50). So what does this mean?
Most of us would say that confident people are more successful. But that does not hold as a truth. According to the article, being talented makes you more competent which in turn leads to make you more confident and successful.
In other words,
Talent =>competence= >confidence =>success
(TCCS)
The path is one directional. You can't fake the success hoping to build your confidence which will lead to competence and ultimately result in a talent. It does nit work in that direction.
So how important is talent? I do believe that we often find some things are easier for us and they appear as talent. In my life I have taken things that were NOT talents and worked on them until they become easier. In other words I became competent. To get to confidence I needed to be passionate about improving and continuing to learn and improve. Doing all this lead to success. Maybe not as big success as if i started with a talent.
Today's question is:
"What is an example of TCCS in your life?"
"Competence leads to confidence, but not vice versa."-Thomas Chamorro Premusic article Confidence Does not Lead to Success
One of the self help bits of advice that you get is to "fake it until you make it". If you don't know what to do then simply ask yourself, "What would I do if I knew what to do?" But this article completely disproves this idea.
According to the article there is only a 30% correlation between success and career confidence. In other words we would only be 20% more accurate than if we just guessed(50/50). So what does this mean?
Most of us would say that confident people are more successful. But that does not hold as a truth. According to the article, being talented makes you more competent which in turn leads to make you more confident and successful.
In other words,
Talent =>competence= >confidence =>success
(TCCS)
The path is one directional. You can't fake the success hoping to build your confidence which will lead to competence and ultimately result in a talent. It does nit work in that direction.
So how important is talent? I do believe that we often find some things are easier for us and they appear as talent. In my life I have taken things that were NOT talents and worked on them until they become easier. In other words I became competent. To get to confidence I needed to be passionate about improving and continuing to learn and improve. Doing all this lead to success. Maybe not as big success as if i started with a talent.
Today's question is:
"What is an example of TCCS in your life?"
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