There's a saying, I forget where I read it, the road to self-awareness runs through other people.

And we need to be able to view ourselves on screen to really see what's going on.

And videoing your own training, I think, is good.

And reflecting on your own training is good.

But another set of eyes is going to help me see even more.

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If you're looking to combine the science of behavior with positive reinforcement philosophy in real life, you've come to the right place.

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And I have no idea what I'm talking about.

I used to think that I did, but now I realize I know nothing.

So if you read a lot of psychology blogs or just spend very much time on the internet,

you probably run across something called the Dunning Kruger effect.

I mostly see this lately in maybe like a dog training forum where someone will share a video of a trainer they don't particularly like, and someone will comment on that

video Dunning Krueger effect, eye roll emoji. And the implication there is, of course, that

the video isn't presenting very high quality training and or the viewer believes this particular

person to be an idiot, which may or may not be a fair assessment. So if this has happened to you,

wouldn't it be good to know exactly what is meant by this potential insult? But even if it hasn't,

I still think it's kind of an interesting subject to look at. This sort of psychological phenomenon

or behavior pattern, depending on the lens you're looking at it through, is something that

seems to be pretty pervasive.

It happens to all of us. And so what exactly do we mean by those terms? So the Dunning Kruger

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