Are You Aware What You Are Capable Of?

 

Enlightenment is when a wave realises it is in the ocean. Wow! The wave knows what it is capable of, and so should we:)

There are facets of competence which each and every individual possesses. By that I mean the parameters of competence and we will discuss one of it in this blog, that is Conscious Competence. Every person for doing a particular job requires a particular set of competence. 

In my earlier blog, I had spoken about competence and also how necessary it is to be aware about your competence. So what is this awareness?

Being aware is about being conscious about what competence I am having. This is known as 'Conscious Competence'.

At times what happens is the person knows what is required for him to perform on the job and also knows that he possesses particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA). It has been proven in his past job, or in his current job that he is capable of doing that particular job role that in particular is aiming to grow .

In a coaching situation, I had at length discussion on how the coachee was expected to perform a project at work, and his manager was asking him what are the skills he would like to groom. During the session, I elicited that the coachee knew exactly what is expected, and he clearly gave examples of how he had worked previously on those skills. He was clear that he just had to polish a his skills and he was ready for the project.

This proves that most people are aware ,in most situations, what they have in them. That is they are conscious of their KSAs. What are the KSAs that you are aware of that you possess? Can you identify your strengths and which are those additional work responsibilities that your KSAs can be applied on?

It is always good to know and to have in our consciousness the strengths we have and capitalise on them think about it.