The need for competence

The need for competence is a person's desire to feel that they are effective in what they do and that they are developing. A person comes most alive in tasks they can handle but that also stretch them a little; what is too easy bores, and what is too hard discourages. Seeing that one is making progress feeds this need directly. The coach therefore makes visible how far the client has come and helps them keep goals neither too easy nor unreachable. A person who feels competent meets new difficulties more willingly.