I had a similar issue. I could not do the exercise because I could not figure out how to evaluate confidence and competence separately. I always end up on the x=y line. Reading this thread did not help. “Anticipated okayness of failure” doesn’t change much with time for the same task, so that is a vertical line. “Confidence” = “Self-related ability to improve” is an interesting interpretation (working on “confidence” would be working on learning skills). Still, intuitively it feels off from what the graphs say (though I haven’t been able to put the disconnect into words). Thinking about the improv/parachute graph, maybe “confidence” is “willingness to attempt a task despite being incompetent.” I’m giving up for now.
I had a similar issue. I could not do the exercise because I could not figure out how to evaluate confidence and competence separately. I always end up on the x=y line. Reading this thread did not help. “Anticipated okayness of failure” doesn’t change much with time for the same task, so that is a vertical line. “Confidence” = “Self-related ability to improve” is an interesting interpretation (working on “confidence” would be working on learning skills). Still, intuitively it feels off from what the graphs say (though I haven’t been able to put the disconnect into words). Thinking about the improv/parachute graph, maybe “confidence” is “willingness to attempt a task despite being incompetent.” I’m giving up for now.