Shane Parrish · Farnam Street · 2013
The Circle of Competence
Understanding where you have an edge and where you don't can help you prevent problems, spot opportunities others miss, and rapidly learn. We all have a circle of competence - an area in which we have a lot of earned knowledge.
Why we picked it
Gives readers a disciplined way to separate earned knowledge from areas where confidence outruns understanding.
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