(English) The First 20 Hours - How To Learn Anything - Josh Kaufman - TEDxCSU (DownSub - Com) [PDF]

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Transcriber: Gustavo Rocha Reviewer: Marssi Draw Hi everyone. Two year ago, my life changed forever. My wife Kelsey and I welcomed our daughter Lela into the world. Now, becoming a parent is an amazing experience. Your whole world changes over night. And all of your priorities change immediately. So fast that it makes really difficult to process sometimes. you

also have learn tremendous amount about being like, for example, how dress child. (Laughter) This was new me. actual outfit, thought this good idea. even knows it's not there so much craziness at once. add craziness, both work from home, we're entrepreneurs, we run own businesses. So, develops courses online yoga teachers. I'm author. so, working Kelsey's home. We

infant trying make sure everything gets done needs done. really, busy. couple weeks experience, when sleep deprivation kicked in, like around week eight, had thought, same parents across ages, internationally, everybody has which is: am never going free time ever again. Somebody said true. It's exactly true, but feels true in moment. disconcerning me, because one things enjoy more

than anything else learning things. Getting curious something diving fiddling through trial error. eventually pretty something. without time, didn't know do big geek, want keep things, growing. what I've decided was, go library, bookstore, look research says quickly. read bunch books, websites. tried answer question, long does take acquire skill? You found? 10,000 hours! Anybody heard this? It takes

hours. If new, if be it, hours get there. book after book, website website. mental experience reading stuff like: No!! don't time! able new. Ever But that's hours, just give rough order magnitude, full-time job five years. That's time. we've us anywhere close right? what's up? There's kinda funky on here. What expect, experiences, they match up. found, here's

wrinkle: The hour rule came out studies expert-level performance. professor Florida State University, his name K. Anders Ericsson. He originator 10,00 rule. where is, he studied professional athletes, class musicians, chess grand masters. All ultra competitive folks ultra-high performing fields. figure top those kinds found deliberate practice, individuals spend practicing elements whatever do, spend, better get. tippy their fields

put practice. were talking game telephone little bit earlier. Here's happened: author by Malcolm Gladwell wrote 2007 called "Outliers: Story Success", central piece Practice lot, practice well, will extremely reach field. message, Dr. Ericsson actually saying field very narrow subject, means. since Outliers out, immediately reached best seller lists, stayed three solid months. sudden everywhere. society-wide started played. field,

became, become expert something, last statement, -spent lot here CSU library cognitive psychology stacks 'cause geek. skill acquisition, see graph this. researchers, whether they're studying motor skill, physically or study can 'Cause quantify that, they'll participants task, requires physical arrangement, trick, participant complete skill. says, start researchers gave took them horrible. With better. early part efficient. People with

interesting note skills ourselves, care are, happens mean. relabel performance flips, famous widely known, curve. story curve start, you're grossly incompetent good, quick. level improvement fast. then certain point plateau, subsequent games harder get, question How starting knowing reasonably good? In hopefully, as short period possible. take? says: 20 it. nothing any think of. Want language? draw? juggle flaming

chainsaws? focused thing, astounded. Astounded are. doable, 45 minutes day month. Even skipping days, isn't hard accumulate. there's method doing Because expect these massive improvements. way intelligently. efficiently, invest most effective possibly can. method, applies anything: first deconstruct Decide done, break down smaller pieces. Most are bundles require sorts different apart decide, parts would help me want? first. important

first, you'll improve least second enough self correct. resources learn. Could could DVDs, courses, anything. use procrastinate this, Get books topic, "I'm program computer books". No. procrastination. correct edit becomes getting noticing making mistake different. third remove barriers Distractions, television, internet. sitting work. willpower distractions keeping practicing, likely sit fourth call frustration barrier. know, grossly-incompetentand-knowing-it part? frustrating. feel

stupid. feeling stupid barrier pre-committing overcome initial stick reap rewards. it! rocket science. Four simple steps easy talk theory, fun wanted play ukulele. Has anybody seen Jake Shimabukuro's TEDTalk plays ukulele sound he's god. amazing. saw "That cool!" such neat instrument. play. test theory got. thing playing one, got lovely assistant? Thank sir. need chord ukulele, electric Yeah. tools

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