January 20th
“You can’t fight your way through The Pit, you have to find your way through The Pit.” - Landry Fields
Life is full of ups and downs, and the best of the best learn how to manage the roller coaster.
Landry Fields went from playing in the NBA to retiring and becoming an NBA GM. The 4 Stages of Competence is a message he shares with his young athletes:
Stage 1: Unconscious Incompetence (Ignorance)
You don’t know what you don’t know, and you have blind confidence because you haven’t faced real adversity yet.
Stage 2: Conscious Incompetence (Awareness)
You get hit with real adversity and fall into the pit. You now know that you don’t know and can’t do everything, and your confidence takes a hit.
Stage 3: Conscious Competence (Learning)
You have gotten out of the pit because you have done the work needed to learn, grow, and do your job, but you have to stay locked in and focused.
Stage 4: Unconscious Incompetence (Mastery)
You have reached the flow state or the zone where you can do what you need to do without thinking about it.
A lot of people quit when they fall into the pit at stage 2 and have to learn or do something new and challenging; it tests your confidence and your ego.
Landry said the key is making peace with the pit.
Facing adversity is a normal part of everyone’s journey. Make peace with the fact that there is more you need to learn and get better at instead of fighting against it, then do the work.
Question of the Day: When you face adversity and are stuck in the pit, how do you make peace with it and fight your way out?
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