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RANDY PERDUE<br />
A baby at birth can’t tie its shoe. It doesn’t even<br />
know that the skill exists. Therefore, it is at level<br />
one, (unconscious incompetence). At about the<br />
age of two, the baby observes its mommy or<br />
daddy tying its shoe. So, it knows the skill exists,<br />
but it can’t perform the task, (conscious<br />
incompetence). Then, the baby grows to the age<br />
of around four or five, and mommy or daddy<br />
has taught the skill to their son or daughter. The<br />
child may struggle to get it right, and it still must<br />
think about it. You may sometimes even watch<br />
the child sticking out its tongue, or hear it saying<br />
‘left over right’, but the skill was learned and<br />
thinking must be in the equation, (conscious<br />
competence). When the child matures to its<br />
teen years, he or she doesn’t have to think about<br />
the task in any detail. He or she just ties the<br />
shoe, (unconscious competence).<br />
Our habits of thought are exactly the same. The<br />
unconscious or subconscious directs our<br />
pathway to success and happiness or failure and<br />
misery. I know that that’s a hard pill for some<br />
to swallow. At the reading of what I just<br />
mentioned, some will say, “I don’t want to live<br />
the way, think the way, or feel the way I’m<br />
feeling! Randy Perdue, you are nuts!” Well, I’m<br />
here to tell you, “Yes, you are responsible!” You<br />
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