Learn Anything in 20 Hours

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I watched a TED Talks by Josh Kaufman titled 20 hours How to Learn Anything Fast. And I noticed some important takeaway points from that speech.

So, based on the study of how experts perform, one of the essential methods in learning is Rapid skill acquisition. What is Rapid skill acquisition? Rapid skill acquisition is to make big goals into small, then find out what is the most essential and practice it repeatedly.

Rapid skill acquisition consists of 4 important principles that are:

1. Deconstruction skills at the smallest possible sub-skills
2. Learning enough of each sub-skill to be able to practice intelligently and self-correct during practice
3. Removing barriers
4. Practicing most important skills for at least 20 hours

So if you want to get good at anything where real-life performance matters, you have to actually practice that skill in context. Study, by itself, is never enough.

Ten principles of rapid skill acquisition:

1. Choose a lovable project.
2. Focus your energy on one skill at a time.
3. Define your target performance level.
4. Deconstruct the skill into sub-skills.
5. Obtain critical tools.
6. Eliminate barriers to practice.
7. Make dedicated time for practice.
8. Create fast feedback loops.
9. Practice by the clock in short bursts.
10. Emphasize quantity and speed.
    Pick one, and only one, a new skill you wish to acquire. Put all of your spare focus and energy into acquiring that skill, and place other skills on temporary hold.

It is recommended making time for at least ninety minutes of practice each day by cutting low-value activities as much as possible.

In that spirit, here are the ten major principles of effective learning:

1. Research the skill and related topics.
2. Jump in over your head.
3. Identify mental models and mental hooks.
4. Imagine the opposite of what you want.
5. Talk to practitioners to set expectations.
6. Eliminate distractions in your environment.
7. Use spaced repetition and reinforcement for memorization.
8. Create scaffolds and checklists.
9. Make and test predictions.
10. Honor your biology.

That’s the takeaway keys from the TED Talks by Josh Kaufman.

Hopefully, it can be useful and informative.

Love,

Fristy

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