2008-02-28 9:29 AM

Three Types of Action

All distinctions like this are artificial, but they often help us to respond in more appropriate ways.

When we act there are three (nearly) distinct modes in which we can approach the action: learning, practice, or performance.

Learning – As we progress from unconscious incompetence into the realm of conscious incompetence we are learning. We now know what we didn’t know and are observing others to begin understanding their actions. Once we have the basics down and are developing conscious competence we tend to change over to practice mode.

Practice – When we know how to do what we want to do and just don’t have the behavioral flexibility to execute on that knowledge we spend time practicing. This is where athletes and musicians spend 95% of their time. Practice takes us from conscious competence into mastery mode.

Performance – This is where we execute the behavior “for real”.  We are exercising our mastery and performing to the best of our abilities. Ideally the performance mode is preceded by substantial practice so that our current best is well into the competence stages.

What have you learned and are performing without adequate practice?

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