1/28/2024 0 Comments Cyndicate learning cynthia diseThe unconscious mind has become the driving force of your action.Īs I sat with this client, who cannot use a tissue to wipe their own tears, I ran through the four stages of learning with them. You are thinking about where you are going, not the act of changing gears or the synchronicity of your feet, hands and motor. You hop in, put on your seatbelt, push in the clutch, put it in first and peel out of the driveway with nary a hesitation. You have now been driving a stick, a manual transmission, for years. You are consciously moving through the steps and toggling between competence and incompetence as you learn. Easy, right? So, why do you stall it? Because your ego or consciousness needs to think about every step before you do it. To stop, you push in the clutch, gear down and press the brake. You must put it in first gear, ease out on the clutch while pressing on the gas, and - voila - the car moves forward. You know you must sit in the seat, put on your seatbelt, push in the clutch, turn the key and start the engine. You understand the process, the why of it all, and the task at hand. You decide you are going to learn and begin the journey. Many people get embarrassed learning, so they walk away. Where do you start? Do you become conscious you do not know how? You now realize your incompetence and begin the process of either learning or walking away. So, you are faced with driving a car with a manual transmission. The point is you are unconscious about being competent until it is brought to your attention. So often, I watch and think to myself the first thing one needs to learn to be on this show is how to drive stick. Most will say, “no,” and go about their day because they do not need to know it is irrelevant and unimportant, unless you are on The Amazing Race. Until I ask you if you can drive a car with a standard transmission, you will not think about whether you can or cannot. Unconscious incompetence is when we are unaware we do not know how to do something. It was then I decided if we all had a basic lesson, it would make life easier. This moment in time was critical both for me and for them. It is at this point I teach the client about the stages of learning to help them grow their own compassion and care of self. This is where the stages of learning must be focused upon both for the client and for me. I am learning the software alongside the client, and my frustrations come to the surface. Then the person moves the dot around and the cursor follows.įor an able-bodied person, this is challenging. A silver dot is placed on the forehead or on eyewear that allows for a camera to pick it up. Since this client cannot use their hands, the software must be managed by their head. They have a system that is leased, which is loaded with various software for their needs. It is a spiritual care challenge because the spirit of this person needs support.īack to the task at hand: stages of learning. It is humbling and crashes me to the ground every time I work with this client, because I realize how much I take for granted. The mind is clear sound and cognition, wonderful. This client has limitations based on their illness that impairs their ability to move their body. On a serious note - why I was prompted to write this column - I decided to help a client in a way that is out of my normal purview, and yet falls squarely inside the work I do. To this day, I must always stop and think about them as I say or write them, even though, in knowing them and being unconsciously competent with them, they take some conscious competence. Say the stages five times like a tongue twister and you have begun to understand them. So, here they are, the stages of learning: unconscious incompetence, conscious incompetence, conscious competence, and unconscious competence. For most of us, our ego gets in the way, and when we are unaware of these stages and opt to laugh at ourselves, we walk away, get angry or simply quit. I was recently tested to teach someone about these stages, while being in them myself. Did you know there are stages to our learning process?
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