![]() ![]() They honestly believe that – they just don’t have enough knowledge to realize how uninformed they truly are. So, for instance, that person online who keeps talking about how vaccines cause autism ( they don’t, by the way) may honestly think they're better-informed than you – better informed than doctors and medical researchers, in fact. “Not only do these people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices, but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it.” “eople who are unskilled in these domains suffer a dual burden,” explained the pair in the abstract of their 1999 paper, Unskilled and unaware of it: How difficulties in recognizing one's own incompetence lead to inflated self-assessments in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Recognising the great hurdles of our own paths to learning and change is helpful in setting expectations that things will be hard but we can get beyond.The Dunning-Kruger effect, simply put, is a cognitive bias that makes people think they’re good at a particular task – even though, in fact, they’re really bad at it. Take time to appreciate your achievements and how far you’ve come, this simple act can give you the confidence to get moving Remind yourself that there is more beyond the valley and its part of the change/learning journey, Be curious about why certain feelings and emotions are showing up and what tools can you use you to get yourself out and make sure the next time it happens you only have a brief stay in the valley, So what can be helpful in being more resilient with transitions ![]() When change and transitions happen too quickly, they can leave you feeling fearful and uncertain until you almost start building a permanent house in the valley and getting out seems harder than ever. Pandemic anyone? This can leave us feeling stuck, overwhelmed and unable to see beyond the slope of entitlement to the plateau of sustainability. However in a lot of cases, we may be going through a number of transitions and changes. Now lets recognise that this is one common transition that a lot of us can go through. How many times have you found yourself avoiding or procrastinating something because of how much work you have to put in. Why? Because being comfortable is a safety blanket. You can either retreat or be kind to yourself and take it one day at a time.Ī lot of the times perhaps not with things that pay us salaries (our jobs), we get stuck at the valley of despair. You jump feet first into the Valley of Despair and you are joined by Impostor Syndrome, Fear, Uncertainty and Negative self talk. It dawns on you that you have a lot to learn and the penny drops. You are drafted into projects, people start asking you to take over tasks, to give your knowledgeable opinion, the deadlines start being set up and you start using the company software. Second and third week comes along and you get thrown into the deep end. So far, so amazing right? You’ve made it up and over the peak of Mt. The first week rolls by and you are sat at your desk reading through lots of material, soaking in the office atmosphere and going into meeting after meeting. You’ve just been recruited for a job in a company that you’ve always wanted to work for. Let me make it a little more clear with a working example that a lot of us have been through. ![]() These players love a party limiting beliefs, negative self talk, impostor syndrome, societal pressure, procrastination, avoidance and hiding away. As the realisation sets in, a few players armed with more snacks join the slumber party. At this comfy valley ( I know it’s a contradiction), we realise that “weh, there is so much I don’t know”. ![]()
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