Grow Your Level

I once heard a man say, "life is in phases, men are in levels."

I have found this to be very true. Every man is on one level or the other.

What reveals to man his level is his COMPETENCE.

But competence stems from CONFIDENCE, particularly earned confidence.

If you do something over and over again successfully, you have gained some level of mastery, which will reflect as confidence in that area.

Usain Bolt could be said to have gained mastery in 100m sprint.

This concept was explained by Victor Cheng (a former McKinsey consultant and the founder of caseinterview.com). Here are some excerpts I found note-worthy:

Competence = Earned Confidence

Unearned confidence occurs when you perceive your skill level to be massively better than it is in reality.

Unjustified lack of confidence is the exact opposite. It occurs when you perceive your own abilities to be significantly worse than well informed outside observers.

A mild case of unjustified confidence or lack of confidence doesn’t hurt you much.

Problems occur when your self-assessment is wildly different than reality.

It is important to know your level and grow your level. Change is the only constant in life. Why not encourage yourself to change positively by growing your level.