The Lost ARC / Unit 8 ARC 201 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Competence
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The idea
Self-Determination Theory's third need, competence, is the experience of effectiveness: the belief that your actions can produce meaningful results.
In practice
The internal conviction, after finishing something hard, that the effort was not futile.
Where people slip
The book is careful that competence is not expertise, perfection or superiority over others; it is effectiveness experienced from the inside.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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