Skills or confidence
Skills or confidence - what gets you started?
I see so many parents in the neighbourhood taking their children for tennis, chess, music, painting, ballet, football. They do this often after attending “coaching” classes for their school subjects. They attend school and these classes to blend learning, yearning and earning needs.
Learning needs are subjects I studied in school but have never directly used to earn a living. Earning needs refer to every credential that you post on LinkedIn. These are what an employer values in you. Yearning needs are those that we wish to build that fall somewhere in between learning and earning. When you take tennis lessons or work with a life coach, they address aspects you yearn to build in.
What gets you to start applying the skills? Do skills get you started or do you need more of confidence to start doing something. You need both - skills and confidence but the method of building them varies.
Skills and confidence are like two wheels of a bicycle. The bicycle I have drawn, has the “training wheels” fixed to the rear wheel. The training wheels are a metaphor. Do they build skills or are they meant to make you confident?
“The Doing Show” on Saturdays at 6:45pm
Every Saturday at 6:45pm my friend Joshua and I @AbhijitBhaduri are on this new app called Clubhouse with The Doing Show. We talk about how to start doing stuff you keep shelving. After three episodes of this live show, I have something to share with you. We have explored some interesting questions with the audience. Does seeking feedback, help or hinder you when you are a beginner? Will you learn and feel more confident if your teacher is an expert or a fellow learner?
Joshua and I jointly explore these aspects with the audience.
What we have learned is available to you
I will write about some key insights based on what we have learned through those eclectic conversations. The ideas will be shared on my weekly newsletter on LinkedIn.
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