My thought on the subject of competence is that no one can be competent in isolation. You have to be competent in association or alignment with others. It does not seem complete or healthy if one wears the toga of "master" of one's game by playing independently. The reason for this is that we cannot win alone. No one is truly competent in isolation because one's competence must be measured relative to others. When one is said to be competent, what exactly does it mean? The following suggestions come to the fore: