The Difference Between Credibility and Ability
Ability is an unrealized ceiling that you have based on your potential.
Just because you have the ability to doing something doesn’t mean you have done it or that you will do it. You have an upside because someone sees something in you. You have the potential to deliver, but you haven’t delivered yet…at least not consistently over an extended period of time. You’ve shown flashes of greatness but can you deliver that day in and day out?
Credibility is what you have when you demonstrate ability over time.
What makes you credible is the fact that you’ve delivered consistently over time. People know what to expect from you. You show up over and over and over again. You are consistent with what you deliver over and over and over again. You know it and everyone else knows it. People know you can do a job, because you’ve proven it.
This article abouty the difference between credibility and ability originally appeared here, and is used by permisson.
