The Real Reason You Feel Overwhelmed Building or Renovating: The Four Stages of Competence
About this episode
Amelia Lee discusses the Four Stages of Competence to help homeowners understand their feelings of overwhelm during building or renovating projects.
Hello! This is Episode 390, and I want to give you a framework that will help you understand why you can feel so unsure as you navigate the world of renovating and building. And frankly, it applies any time you tackle something new. If you’ve got 47 browser tabs open, a Notes app full of screenshots, and a partner who is sick of hearing “I don’t know, I just need to think about it” , this episode is for you. [For all resources mentioned in this podcast and a free, downloadable PDF transcript, head to www.undercoverarchitect.com/390 ] Because here’s what I see all the time. Homeowners are not struggling because they are incapable. They are struggling because they are learning a whole new world, a whole new industry, while the consequences feel expensive, personal, and irreversible. You are trying to make decisions about layouts, contracts, drawings, selections, builders, budgets, timelines, and regulations. Often while living your very full, demanding, everyday life. Often while feeling like you are meant to already know how this works. So when you hesitate, when you go quiet, when you avoid the email, when you freeze in front of a quote, you make it…
People in this episode
Host: Amelia Lee
Topics covered
- building
- renovating
- competence
- decision making
- homeowners
Keywords
- overwhelmed
- building
- renovating
- Four Stages of Competence
- homeowners
- decision making
- learning
- complexity
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Undercover Architect
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