Competence

As you practice you can start to think your way through the conscious competence stage. As driving the stick shift becomes a habit for you, eventually you can drive without thinking, shifting gears effortlessly while you think about other things is known as unconscious competence. | Competence is a cluster of related abilities, commitments, knowledge, and skills that enable a person or an organization to act effectively in a job or situation. | Because each level of responsibility has its own requirements, competence can occur in any period of a person's life or at any stage of his or her career. | When you first learn how to drive a stick shift, you very quickly learn that you don't know how to do it is known as conscious incompetence. | Competence indicates sufficiency of knowledge and skills that enable someone to act in a wide variety of situations.