Confessions of a Consciously Incompetent Trainer

A blog by nikkibrun

A few years back I was a wide eyed L plated trainer, and boldly told my manager I was going to go and get qualified so I knew everything there was to know, in order to be the best trainer I could possibly be.

It took me about three months to realise the journey from conscious incompetence to conscious competence was going to be a long one, and another year to realise it was never going to happen.

I try my best, I really do, but just as I think I've got the hang of something I find a new slant to try or some more research to add.

I love my job, and maybe the reason is beause I can never get to the point when I know everything?

It's (not) all about me. Is it?

06/30/2009 - 10:25 - 437 reads

In a previous job I held, a collegue printed up a mock evaluation form that was purely for our amusement. It contained questions such as 'Do you know intimate details of your trainer's life', and 'Did you trainer talk for a minimum of three hours about themselves?'

Noooooooob!!!

06/15/2009 - 15:38 - 393 reads

If you, or anyone you know is a gamer the word 'noob' will be familiar to you. It is yelled at people who don't know what they are doing, ask stupid questions, hold things up or get everyone killed in the MMOG (massively multiplayer online game) world. It does exist, it's on wikipedia.

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It's (not) all about me. Is it?

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