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From ETC-Architect
Confucius may not be a reference point often used by western architects, but it does no harm to at some wisdom. The wisdom I am talking here is that we usually create an overestimation of skills that we have developed ourself, while we also underestimate skills we have learned the hard way. This is specific important as we as architects are often constantly working in an area we have developed ourself.
Usually it is therefore important to constantly check ourself in terms of a possible overestimation. Additionally we often think that taking a certification is learning the hard way. Since for a certification you usually go on a test instead of a thesis and some own work with a lot of uncertainty certifications are usually more in the first category. The key here is to develop some checks to stop overestimation happening.
Usually the best tests are a working peer group. You will often see that many of my articles have appeared on various sites such as LinkedIn prior to me publishing them. I am therefore often using the posting in an unformatted way before putting them on my blog. While others tell me that they rather invest the time into more writing it is usually better to have your own checks installed. About three month ago I thought that I had a really great idea and when it was rubbished, The critics came along the line that if you change all the words containing ‘architecture’ to ‘leadership’, ‘management’ , ‘sales’ or other words the article would always be true, but then I would just copy already protected work. I first screamed of trolling. However after my daily short meditation (which I need for my health) I quickly saw that it was my hubris and the overestimation of my skills that led me to assume greatness greater than my actual level.
