Although the journey from competence to excellence may be more familiar for learner, an educator can also travel the same path. The journey from intense focus learning an unfamiliar task to developing automaticity to finally adopting it in your own unique creative way until finally this can be considered excellence. Understanding this process is important for educators, because although you may be familiar with some of the psychological characteristics for developing excellence (PCDE), there will be specific methods and psychological skill development that may be unfamiliar. The key is to effectively blend the new techniques initially in a focussed reproducible way with your existing knowledge. Creating a blended approach will, much like your learners on their journey, lead to the development of your unique, creative excellence approach.
