Learning + Doing = Building Competence; Teaching others = Building the business...

I really don't understand the idea of a pace car. If no one can go faster than the car, how can someone win?

Great video - I would like to drive that pace car. haha I see someone already posted my thought - competence comes from doing and learning as well. :)

Need more focus on the end results.

Competence comes from doing.

Thanks for the push to DO.
Connie T

"Learn in the doing"... not much my thing but I need to change that =oS
I'm very analitical... that's one of my mental virus.

I AM in the winner's circle!

Just by sending my team to networkmarketingpro is see an amazing increase in their competence.

Being competent is the result of work and consistency, if you give up too early you will not gain the skills necessary to become competent...

Thanks Eric!

Thank you!

When a child must learn to ride a bicycle, it overturn plenty of times in the beginning. A little later the child keep running, but in an erratic path that looks dangerously out. Eventually, the child - almost unconsciously - taught himself to keep the bike and body at rest. A person who once learned to ride a bicycle will never forget it, even if there are long periods when the person does not bicycles.

Don't get killed in the first scene :)

let's go for a ride. let me be your driver.

Williame Wallace, Great movie (one of the very best of our time), Great example of what a vision, what a WHY can do to a person.

Personal development is a stepping stone to building competency and giving your vision a strong foundation. Thank you Eric.

That's exactly what I'm apprentising to learn.
How to be a leader. All the "technical" stuff.
What to say, how to act etc.
That's where ur Go Pro series is gold!

I know that I have been guilty of avoidance behavior due to lack of confidence. But since I've been watching NMPro my confidence is building. It is because you are equipping me with the knowledge I need to get out there. Everytime I go out there it gets easier and easier. Thank you!!!!

Some of my comments haven't stuck. I may have not recorded them competently. oops!

Know what to do in order to teach others what to do.

Leaders know most of the learning comes from the doing. Develop competence and you'll also develop confidence, critical for our business.

Developing competence is inportant.... But it take more to do this bussiness.... Because of there jobs... they think they have it.... LOL

by increasing our competence we increase our professionalism and to earn like a pro, we must become pros. Thanks Eric.

Obviously things to learn for me

You must be able to articulate your vision.

I see why you use the film "Braveheart" to illustrate philosophy, sharing your vision and the importance of competence.

Hei .
I like to speed things up to.

That is so important. You learn while you are doing. My experience is that I really learn the best when I´m training somebody else.

Most of our learning happens by doing which builds our competence to be leaders.

Learning by doing- I didn't know there was another way. In order to excel at any skill you have to do it many times over every time getting a little better.

This weekend I stepped out of my comfort zone to develop some muscle memory that increased confidence and competence. I can draw on that success each time I need it from now on.

The video was fun - we even got to experience leaning into the curve with you!

No question about the importance of competence and learning by doing. I liked the ride.

Well said - I also liked the comments made by Michael Eisbrener and Elizabeth Harrington.

Being competent is very important in building your business. Eric that is why I want to thank you for posting videos that I can listen to each and every day over and over again. I will be competent by doing it over and over day in and day out. Thank you!

Compitence is gained by having doing it before..and doing it again and again until the experience is natural. Of course, it helps to be practicing the "right" thing, whether it be the skills of NWM, sports, arts, mathematics, technical, or navigating the turns at the Charlotte Morot Spedway at hight speed.

I think the cousin is confidence. I have come to learn that my Uncle, who I thought could "fix anything" actually approached the problem with a successful attitude and kept trying things until one worked. He may not have known, in the beginning, what the right sequence/process was, but knew he would succeed in the end. So he kept at it with a positive atitude until he got it, then taught us.

Compitence at a particular skillset cyles up into confidence in doing, cycles up into learning-by-doing, cycles up into more compitence.

that was a great winners-circle, it suits you Eric... thanks for the glance

self development
develop your competence
every day: 6 days of Eric Worre + 1 audio chapter a day + 1 book a month (and later a week) + 1 training a week + ...... + ..... + .......
That is my schedule!
tks

Self developing and practicing is the key. You have to practis every day.

you must be a master at your craft (you are a great example Eric)...it takes consistency in working at the necessary skills to become competent and be a leader.

Being a leader with competence is essential to running a business and others to success and victory!! Thanks so much and for the eyeview of the racing around the track!! Seems exciting to say the least....

The proof is in the doing. Thanks for the great reminder. Awesome shots of you in the car racing around the track. Felt like I was right there with you.

Make it a great day!
God Bless,
-ed

bravo!

Crystal clear, got your point...............

the great part this is another SKILL that can be developed by ANYONE if they choose to do the work!

No doubt anymore. Self developing and practicing will raise up level!

Winners circle is when you are surrounded by people that you have helped or have helped you be successful. Leaders are sometimes the student; but that is a result of being a good leader and listening to your team. So, yes leadership is a circle in a team so that all are supported when they need it and move forward even when things happen that others would consider detrimental from their perspective.

Thank you showing me the path, and keeping me on track my friend. All the best. Best regards from your biggest fan.

Learn by doing and gain confidence and competence along the way.

Learn by doing to become competent and then confident.
Thank you Eric

#303 - Leadership - Part 4 - Competence - At some point you have to have a level of ability to lead, teach, etc. - Can call this competence - Must build up confidence so people will listen to you.

Another pivotal skill for a leader to have..Thank you, Eric.

Unfortunatly sometimes competence comes with experience and experience comes from not getting what you want the first time but continueing on a different path until you find the path that fits your dream.

Competence comes from taking action. We hesitate alot of times because we don't want to do things wrong. We will never be truly competent unless we make the mistakes and learn from them.

Competence in knowing how to develop a team is key. Teaching others how to be successful. What road map I give them that creates success for those motivated to succeed. This is where comptence in this business lies.

It is a very important issue to talk about. Without doing learning means nothing.

No doubt - Practice makes Perfect!

Effective leadership leads to "FREEDOM!" :-)

Competence comes in taking action and learning, developing ourselves in leadership in all aspects of our lives.

Looks like fun! I want to be in the winners circle.

Action learning

You have to develop your competence if you want people to follow you, if you want to lead them to success.

Most of the learning comes in the doing. You are soooo right. I 've had a lot of people say," Well ,it's not like that in the book". Great show. ( by the way, my wife was in the pace car for the nascar race at Indy and had Bobby LaBonte bumping the back of the car goofing off ).

I think this falls into what was looked at a few years ago about the comparison between book smart and street smart.

That's called Lifestyle Baby!!!

Much faster than on screen hey Eric?
Put the foot down Grandma . . . :)

Great Eric thanks for the ride...

Another great message. People will not follow you for long if you are incompetent. Do it....review it...perfect it...share it...and do it some more!!

If you want to be a leader, you need to know how to lead people. That is the fact. Building competence is one of steps in leadership.

Hola Eric, Excelent show¡¡¡ That movie it´s awesome We need to be leaders¡¡¡ and help other people.
Saludos.
Daniel y Natali Querétaro, México.

learning by doing. I know it's necessary and the best way to learn, but I still have the tendency to postpone the action till I've learned enough

Competence can start with knowing who to follow and how to stay alive to fight another day.

Thank you. Important things!

Thats it!

Knowledge on fire is a powerful thing. I'm proud to be a student of this Industry. We have a better way.

Nando

Thanks for sharing the experience Eric!

Learn by doing, I like that
Nice ride around the track
Thanks Eric

By the way, there is some problem with my earlier account, I had to register all over again and my earlier post during the nearly 100 last programs get lost in my account. Just seven more to reach the challange goal. They are all to find under my nick Kjell Englund. It started with NMPRO #210 – A New Year’s Challenge and the last one to post is NMPRO #303 – Leadership Part 3 – Sharing Your Vision.
But I´ve learn a lot in my journey =)
Thank you for sharing Eric

Developing your skill sets will increase your confidence level and ultimately result in being a better leader. Much like in racing, its all about the seat time. The more time you spend doing your craft, the better you become at it.

Good point. Horation Nelson ended up with quite a few battle scars (and a missing arm) during his leadership tenure but I imagine his resilience encouraged people to believe he was a kind of talisman.

The ability to build competence in the team is perhaps equally or more important than having the competence oneself - Nelson didn't need to be better than his men at operating the guns but he did need to understand that a faster rate of fire was essential and be able to get his crew to drill until they had a considerably higher rate (double speed) when compared to the enemy.

I imagine this tenure gave gravitas to his commands - he'd been in the Navy since he was a child and had commanded successfully in various battles before Trafalgar.

Fascinating stuff - I look forward to exploring this leadership theme over the coming weeks.

You start by doing and, when in doubt, you get some information. Then, you go back out there and practice your new knowledge. How cool is that?

It takes competence in order to lead or drive a race car, and to have people trust you enough to follow you or ride with you.

Some more great info...thx Eric!

Most of the learning will come from doing....I will go out there and go to work and I will learn the things necessary to be a leader and I pray that my entire team will do the same.

Competence and confidence is the key...u get it by the doing. Strong visions and reasons

strong reasons and visions...need a level of confidence and ability and in time people can develop this

Great Video! Eric!

Competence is developed through ACTION ... not reading. "Do the thing, and you'll have the power ..." as Emerson so eloquently said ...

Best to you,
Scott

Eric, One thing I think a lot of us forget when we start in Network Marketing is how we learned what we did or do at our job. Slowly over time we became better and better until we become/became pros. Now we need to do the same thing here in Network Marketing until we become pros. However the time frame can become condensed by being mentored by leaders like you.

Have strong reasons&a strong vision of where your going.You must be competent! You must have the ability to lead& to train people,so that they have confidence folling in your footsteps.Just like riding with the person around the track that your on in the race car. You had confidence& trust in the person driving,

Fight to death!!!... You should have driven the car !!! sooo cool

Yeah spot on. You do and then become. Not become and then do.

In the end, what matters is what I am doing......that is how I will be successful ! ! !

Thanks for the ride on the track....awesome experience :)

It´s so true.
You can´t learn everything by reading.
"Learning by doing" as Robert Baden-Powell said.

Most of the learning comes from the doing.

Thanks Eric

I like what you say that the learning come out of the doing ,,, i agree anf it works .

Fantastic advice Eric. Learning comes from doing!! Thanks.

Most of the learning comes in the doing! So true!!!

competence leads to confidence to act and take the lead.....

Looks like a good time!

The leader "Sets the pace" ;)

Hi Eric! Learning by doing is so cool and the only way to learn. That's one of the most important things that I've learned this weekend on our Stockholm event in Sweden. I tend to be impatient and get frustrated when I don't succeed at once. So I'm really working on that right now. Thank you! / Linda, Sweden

Confidence comes from competence - competence comes from correct action repeated.
I liked the plane more than the car!

Pretty cool, lap around the track Eric. I get so much from the lessons you teach, thanks. The learning is in the doing -- that's why it's called a process, right?

You cannot develop competence if you are not ACTIVELY involved in learning your subject.
Thanks Eric.

Looking at a race on TV, is not the same as i real life.
It´s like telling some about MOMENTUM, it is not the same as to really experience it LIVE.
To really get to that point - you have to develop your personal skills!

Braveheart is also on of the greatest films ever in my oppinion

"Find your way to the Winner's Circle"... Wow, what a great comment. Good symbolism. Eric...You're a winner... You're a giant!

Eric, mention the speed because the video doesn't portray what I know you experienced.

You have to lead by example, and you have to practice and continually develop yourself and then just go for it, do it, learn and get better from the doing...

Be patient, have the will to persevere and remember "better is perfect"....

Very cool seeing what the driver sees. Very different perspective. Made me dizzy. Again, some more great leadership tips. Thanks, Eric.

Building confidence , taking action, teaching and working to get into the WINNERS CIRCLE... Thank you

Practice , Practice, Practice.

Leading by example. We all want to follow someone who is not only competent but stands out of the crowd.

Experience is the only teacher some say. I have found that the best teaching experience is a function of failing. Learning to ride a bicycle is not going to happen reading the encyclopedia on bicycle riding. Watching the six DVD course on the 4 easy steps to bicycle riding will not produce anyone riding a bicycle.

You have to actually get on the bicycle and fail a number of times until you discover balance. There is a certain way people are about riding before they ‘get it’ and for some there is a lot of drama while others go to work. Some appear to find balance quickly and others need weeks of training wheels.

Once you ‘learn’ to ride a number of things happen almost instantly. You forget everything you had to do to get there and are completely unable to explain to anyone who doesn’t know how to ride how you got there. Explanations lack power. You may abstain from riding a dozen years and you will ‘know’ how to ride immediately. You cannot unlearn how to ride the bicycle. Be careful of what you choose to become competent in. Discovering balance on a bicycle doesn’t appear to translate to surf boards, skiing, skate boards or any other kind of balancing act. Each one requires its ‘learning’ [failing] experience. Becoming a world class bicycle rider is decades and hours per day of riding. Competence is not a onetime event.

Competence and Confidence. The education you provide here gives up competence and when applied gives confidence, you are right! We have a better way, and when we Go Pro we can help others feel more confident with this awesome profession!

Eric, why wouldn't they let you drive? I thought you were a pro already ;)

Can you imagine following a person with no athletic ability to lead your sports team? Or following a person with little intelligence to lead you through a complicated problem solving exercise? Your followers have to believe in your abilities to lead the team to success.

In our industry, anyone can join. How can you develop competence in something that is completely foreign to you? You follow a proven system that others have had success in. As you are taking action building your business, you are constantly learning things about our industry, your company and products, and about yourself through personal development.

As your team sees you taking positive action, your competence as a leader will grow. See you in the winner's circle!

Most of the learning comes in the doing.

I forgot what comment I wanted to make as I now feel car sick O.o

Yeah, you need a level of credibility, and if you aren't good at the thing you're leading, it lowers that credibility.

yes it looks like a drive to the store.....interesting how being in the car is different from watching the car race by.

Just do it, as we cannot learn how to drive a car by reading the instructions.

The learning comes from the doing........wisdom of the day

You can have all the passion and excitement in the world but if you're an idiot no one will join you in the journey. You Need to have competence in order for people to truly believe you have the ability to get them where they want to go.

Thanks for this! Very great point in this.

It's very clear. We NEED self development and we need to practice EVERY DAY the basics things to do this business.

Have a good day,

From Colombia

-GJ

I can't imagine following an incompetent leader. Great stuff! Love Nascar! Thanks

“A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.” ~ Robert A. Heinlein

Training does not work if work is not training you.

Great message. Love the Conen quote, too, Rich. Eric today's message hit home with me. Loved the pace car!!

All awesome!

Got to love the adventures we share with you Eric! Smooth ride. at that pace what kind of tires must they be!?* Your trusty Flip barely moved!
Really simple and basic message today-AND essential..competence is learned by doing. Respect is earned by doing..fall in love with the process rather than the end result..pieces all flowing together..

Love your line: "fall in love with the process rather than the end result" It makes me realize that many of us get frustrated cause we want the big result tomorrow.

Take something out of day and use it tomorrow.
Thank you for your time Eric

#303 Competence
Improve skill sets by doing, listening, and watching.

"A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: "Duh."
– Conan O'Brien

Bonus: Since #303 was recorded at a race track ...
BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL
EYES ON THE ROAD
THAT'S THE SKILLFUL
DRIVER'S CODE

**Burma-Shave**

You are funny Rich! Do you mind if I tweet your Conan quote?

Go for it. Rich

Competence is built step by step. Takes patience, perseverance and a willingness to understand what you do not know to become competent. Just keep working at it!

Learn by doing. Great concept.

Just keep doing it! And never quit....that will give us competence.

Today is a great day

Looks fun!

Looks like you guys had a great fun day at the track. jealous

nice ride!

I agree! Thanks

Personal development is everything!!

Oxygen is pretty essential too ;-)

Well said Eric. Thank you for making these Leadership segments available to us.

Competence is the ability to step out no matter what without being impair by whether you think your ready or not. I recommend to m y folks Eric's Plan-DO-Review approach to our business of referral marketing and in many ways just to have some success in life in general its a good idea to PLAN-DO-REVIEW. The review part allows us to tweak things a bit and redirect ourselves to what worked and what didn't for higher conversions next time...thanks ERIC!

Thank you for your leadership. Learning by doing. You can read all the books and you can learn the information inside and out, but if you never get out into the marketplace you will not grow.

The learning is in the doing

This is good. We will not go very far without competence.

Competence -- got it. Thanks Eric.

Loved the movie "Braveheart" as well. The learning is in the doing for sure. The more you DO- the more you FAIL (you will get better) - the more you fail- the more you LEARN!! -Good stuff Eric. PaceCar Driving is so much fun. I love taking the "kids" around our track as well.

Spot on.
as Mr. J. Rohn said...
"don't wish it was easier, wish you were better"
"don't wish for less problem, wish for more skills"
~
In all honstey:...sometimes.... I wish it was a little bit easier a little bit faster :-)

Repetition is the mother of learning.
And
The letters that spell "compete" are the first 7 letters of "competence".

Foord Yates.

Another great post. Definitely a learn - action business.

Great lap too. Must be so amazing in a racecar!

I usually ask within my team: "Do you know anybody who learned how to ride a bycicle by reading a book or watching a video?" - You know you have to fell down a few times (some of the falls are quite impresive... ok) but at the end... Do you know much people who after the learning period still without knowing how to ride the bycicle? - We must admit not many people fail on that task which has been just a matter of conscious practice with the strong determination of trying (at least) to improve from one attempt to the other

Let's do the same with our Network Marketing bycicle... So by learning from the basics, learning with feet on the field... we can develop true inspiring leadership. By the way, that's something I really look up to you my friend Eric, you are a Network Marketing Professional who is ACTIVE on the field.

Good point Paco - the leader has to have some skin in the game and be involved to earn and inspire respect. It's less powerful to issue commands from an ivory tower miles back from the front line than it is to be seen rolling up your sleeves alongside the field troops and experiencing (as well as having experienced) what they are experiencing every day.

My observation is that most of the people I see or meet that are successful in MLM have been at it a very long time and are still actively recruiting - it's less credible when they stop because it gives people the excuse that "it was different for you - things have changed".

@Veterus

Competence is critical for your success. Gathering the skill-sets over time within a team that cares. The formula is, learn a bit, do a bit, learn a bit do a bit, or to put it bluntly get off your arse, get out of your comfort zone and enjoy the experience. I guarantee it it will not be as bad as you think it is going to be. The worst that can happen is that the other person will say no. Next.

Very kind regards
Peter Ragg

Becoming competent through doing, very powerful, we definitely do have a better way. Thanks Eric

Learning by doing and developing skills on the road.
I think this is one of the most powerful parts of our proffesion.

Learning by doing, that's it!

NMPRO#303
Learned Competence.
Am adjusting my vision, my goals, targeting the winner’s circle.
Leaders can, it has been proven, learn on the job. It must come as a bit of a shock to people who become successful but who did not really understand how they did it, how they got there. I aim to know how I got there but it is definitely time for me to get out there and do what I have learned, to deliver against my dreams, to practice more, to teach why, how and what to do, proving that we have a better way.

Wow – cool run around the circuit. In UK Eric would have been driving (right hand drive) – not a good idea to film, talk and drive at the same time, yet I am sure Eric could, with practice, do it. Race drivers talk all the time to their guys in the pits. We need to talk all the time we can commit to our guys who are also in the pits, so that they can get out there, onto the race track, find and live that better way. Support, support, support.

Thanks again Eric

It's just as when you by a car... there's no use trying to get it to move if you don't know how to drive it...
First you take lessons, then you do it and then you get better at it... and if you get really good at it you can win the race!
The car won't move if you don't start the engine :)

That´s one of the core ideas with our profession; learning by doing. You don´t have to study 4 years to go out and recruit somebody. It does however take you daily disciplines in personal development to become more attractive as a leader.

Competence to get Confidence and Confidence you'll get the Competence.
Fired up and focused!
Alex Tita
Here as promised