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RANDY PERDUE

A baby at birth can’t tie its shoe. It doesn’t even
know that the skill exists. Therefore, it is at level
one, (unconscious incompetence). At about the
age of two, the baby observes its mommy or
daddy tying its shoe. So, it knows the skill exists,
but it can’t perform the task, (conscious
incompetence). Then, the baby grows to the age
of around four or five, and mommy or daddy
has taught the skill to their son or daughter. The
child may struggle to get it right, and it still must
think about it. You may sometimes even watch
the child sticking out its tongue, or hear it saying
‘left over right’, but the skill was learned and
thinking must be in the equation, (conscious
competence). When the child matures to its
teen years, he or she doesn’t have to think about
the task in any detail. He or she just ties the
shoe, (unconscious competence).

Our habits of thought are exactly the same. The
unconscious or subconscious directs our
pathway to success and happiness or failure and
misery. I know that that’s a hard pill for some
to swallow. At the reading of what I just
mentioned, some will say, “I don’t want to live
the way, think the way, or feel the way I’m
feeling! Randy Perdue, you are nuts!” Well, I’m
here to tell you, “Yes, you are responsible!” You

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