Accelerated Learning: How To Get Good at Anything in 20 Hours
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- Listen to podcast version here: goo.gl/pBtTm0 - Good Life Project founder, Jonathan Fields, interviews The First 20 Hours author, Josh Kaufman about accelerated learning and getting good at any skill in 20 hours.
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Summary
1) Decide what you want
2) Deconstruct the skill
3) Research the skill just enough to do the deconstruct
4) Make it easy to do what you want to do
5) Pre-commit to practice the skill
THANK YOU!
I'm SOOOO sick of watching information vids where people prattle ON and on and on instead of getting to the point(s)!
thanks
Thanks for summarizing it.
God bless you
Yunhua Chaang to
Thank you, Saitama.
+randomcitizen19 He learned things so quickly that he lost his hair LOL
Justin Delacruz LOL!
Looooool
+randomcitizen19 ooooooooooooooohhhh XD lol
+Justin Delacruz So... he went from "One Punch Man" to: "One Thought Man"?
short notes: Learn anything in 20 Hours
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Precommitting the time to make sure that you practice enough to see the results that you want#
Best time to do it is before you sleep: sleeping helps commit what you learnt
Steps
1. Decide what you want- {Target Performance level} Be clear on what the end goal is.
2. Deconstruct the skill - what are the steps - fundamentals
3. Research the skill just enough to get the sub-skills, then practice the most important ones first: do not let learning become a barrier
4. Eliminate barriers of practice : Block out time and dedicate time.
5. Precommit to practising for atleast 20 Hours
Michael Michuki omg dude thank u so much for this, i dnt have to listen so intently to get my own notes lol
World .Amazement karibu sana my friend, i knew that you would need it and that it would save you some time :) be blessed
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+Michael Michuki (Vermon) you pretty much did his job in less than 1 minute
Official Candymane lol yea i figured it would save people 19minutes
Too long; didn't watch: (20:35)
1. Decide what you want (What's your target performance level)
2. Deconstruct the skill (Separate it into smaller sub-skills and practise the most important ones first)
3. Research the skill just enough to do the deconstruction and choose the most important sub-skills (but not so much that it becomes a barrier to practise)
4. Eliminate barriers to practise (make it easy to do what you want to do).
5. Pre-commit to practising whatever it is that you want to be able to do for at least 20 hours
Ian, thanks! I had the same reaction, too many words. Point "1." was presented at the 5:30 mark ?!?
You could also put in the time this is said: 20:35
Done.
Haha thanks. I already didn't wanna sit here listen to them rambling on about unimportant info for 20 minutes
Nice. Thank you, you have practical sense, it's a rare thing you know ...
Did he do 100 push ups, 100 sit ups, 100 squats and run 10km EVERYDAY?
nice reference lol
He trained so hard he lost all his hair :-P
Best comment here, lmao!!!
one punch man irl
Saitama!
The 5 Steps in summary:
Step 1: Decide what you want to learn; your Target Performance Level.
Step 2: Deconstruct the skill; break it down into sub-skills.
Step 3: Research the skill -- just enough to do the deconstructing.
Step 4: Eliminate barriers to practice.
Step 5: Pre-commit to practising for 20 hours.
This is the order in which Mr Kaufman recaps the stages, but 2 and 3 are probably an iterative process.
You're welcome mate.
+melancholiac Saviour!!! u saved my time..:-)
thanks for saving me time now i can start immediately
Thou art more than welcome.
great stufff :)
Summary is here 20:35 :)
THANKS!
you're very welcome :)
Thnks 20min saved
Jigar Joshi yeahh that's good isn't it :)
THANK YOU!
Below is my note; hope they can be useful for anyone including me. :)
personal lesson:
1. get into practice and get out of research mode
2. learn things just before I go to bed
3. put things to learn in a visible area
5 steps to get good at anything in 20 hours
"1. decide what you want (your target performance level)
2. deconstruct the scale separated into smaller sub skills; practice the most important ones first
3. research the skill just enough to do the deconstruction and choose the most important sub skills but not so much that it becomes a barrier to practice in itself
4. eliminate barriers for practice; make it easy to do what you want to do
5. pre-commit to practicing what it is that you want to be able to do for at least 20 hours"
the problem is from first time i get sclearningared that i cant do it and then i demotivated and felt exhausted,then i left learning
Guy at a factory I worked at had a typical mindless job loading a machine. He always wanted to make wooden bowls with a lathe. So he read about that skill and said he just pictured over and over again how he would do it himself. After 20 years he retired, bought a professional lathe and within 2-3 wooden bowls he was turning out incredible pieces.
While all human brains have a core set of common functions and abilities, not all human brains use these functions in the same manner. Some folks just learn differently than others.
For instance I have used the skimming method for the exact same purpose the author refers to, but is that for everyone? Not slightly.
I'm assuming 99.9% of college students came here during midterms and finals lol.
LMAOOOO ME RN 😭
Starts at 5:10
Lol This is exactly what I was looking for in the comments
Cheers, happy I could help. Hahah. =)
Dan Jindra thank you!
hehehehe
Dan Jindra thank you!
100 push ups,100 sit ups, 100 squats and a 10 kilometer run every single day.
rollinstormz good job saitama, u are now anorexic and lost all your muscle mass. You are practically eugina cooney
rollinstormz i do 400 pushups 500 situps and 8 miles a day (2 miles more than a 10k) this is only good for runners, if u are looking to get muscle mass stay away from this
i64stupid lol...he is quoting an anime show called "One punch man". the speaker in this video looks exactly like him.
GovernorKuder sounds like him too if saitama had more emotion
And that is Nothing like "Learn Anything in 20 hours!" Doing all those sit-ups and running all those miles ONE TIME will do absolutely NOTHING for anyone!!! Do people actually fall for this shit?!? Hey, I have a great new method to Master literally ANYTHING easily in just 4 hours!!! Simply do all the steps necessary for 4 hours.....then repeat that Everyday over and over for months or years until you get it!! Now.... Please Pay me for this revolutionary advice!!!!
I just got my license to practice medicine, in only 20 hours of work. Thanks to this video! Tomorrow I'll learn how to be a concert pianist.
+Maximilian Wicén You sir are daft!
Heriberto Juarez This guy is just a less successful version of Tim Ferris. Why don't people believe it's just a scam?
+Maximilian Wicén, the reason you are an idot, is because you were born.
William Shaw Well I guess we're all idiots compared to someone else. I have 132 IQ on the stanford-binet scale, which puts me in the 98th percentile. The question still remains, why are you such a douchebag?
William Shaw I only need to see what you subscribe to on youtube to know that this isn't worth my time, thread muted - bye.
The first part is where the clickbait title of the video gets real.
Basically, change your goal into something that can be done in 20 hours.
"I want to learn Mandarin Chinese".
vs
"I want to go to a restaurant and order something in Mandarin Chinese"
In other words, set your goals lower, then you can do it.
Similarly-
"I want to make 2,000$ dollars per hour."
vs
"I want to make 20$ dollars per hour."
Wow, now I can do it! Thanks egg-man!
-_-
Khechari pls don't hurt eggman's feeling
Thank you. I knew it would be some self-fulfilling prophecy like that. Now I have the egoboost of that verification without having to actually listen to these people lol. Much appreciated
Khechari eggcelllent comment
AAAAAHAHHAA ohhh fuck you crack me up!!!
Best comment ever. I would support your patreon ,,.,.,.
20:35 for who doesnt have time for whole video :D
thank u
it must be on top
God bless you
I love you
nguyen van d
He brings up a good point about practicing right around your bedtime. While learning Italian, I have found certain words or sentences difficult to remember or say correctly but when I practice just before going to sleep, I have found that I often wake up and realize not only that I now remember the word or sentence but I can pronounce it much better.
sakecity7 Its because during sleep is when we finalize committing what we have learned through out the day to long term memory.
J. Mosaic One I see
sakecity7 Bull. I tried that with Spanish and guitar for 2 years solid. Didn't retain hardly anything
MrCosmo314 But I know that if I practiced 1 hour a day for 27 years, I would be where I want to be....10,000 hours approx.
MrCosmo314 Then you just have a learning problem
Just watch the video and ignore the summaries below. It's actually super interesting how he explains it, he is a very good speaker. If you can't spare 20 minutes to watch a video you probably won't spare any time to learn any skills.
Wow. This information is dead on . I totally agree. All education should be goal oriented. The subconscious just doesn't let you focus on information it does not perceive as valuable.
Accelerated Hair growth is not possible to obtain as a skill.
+ShadowThruNight But apparently accelerated hair loss is :D
2Athenewins What if he just likes being bald? xD
+2Athenewins Hey my friend what if the guy has hair and want to be bald ?
isnt your 2nd head bald as well idiot.......
why do you think did Saitama got bald
How do you know? Have you followed his 5 steps? Did you put in the 20 hours?
Thank you One Punch Man, will definitely try this!
100 push ups, 100 squats, 100 sit-ups, and a 10 mile run, EVERYDAY (no a/c and no breaks!) for 3 years... :)
This comment is gold LOL
HAHAHAHA
Damnit, the comments beat me to it, lol. I was gonna be like, so this is how he learned to win with one punch
you win
1. Know what you want. -In other words, know your target performance level.
2. Deconstruct the skill. -Separate it into smaller sub-skills, but practice the most important ones first.
3. Research the skill just enough to do the deconstruction and choose the most important sub-skills, but not so much that it becomes a barrier to practice.
4. Eliminate all barriers to practice. -Make it easy to do what you want to do.
5. Precommit to practicing whatever it is that you want to do for at least 20 hours.
To save 20 mins: 20:35
You're welcome
Kelcey Nickson that saved me 20:35 mins
why arent we funding this comment!
Kelcey Nickson you are mvp!!! thank you
Kelcey Nickson thanks tupac you saved me :)
Thank you soo much....in the sea of all those words all we need what to do with soo little time in our hand.
Very good point: "The barrier to learning something new is not intellectual...The barrier is 'emotional'. (time: 22:35 - 22:50 )
this guy is bald, but on a whole new level, i mean there are bald people but he is like the king of balds!
lol hilarious
***** Dosen't really waste a life on hitting ctrl + V.
***** :)
Eine Gaaserud But you actually hit Ctrl + c before that and actually you spent PRECIOUS SECONDS of your life that you're actually not getting back. And ofcours writing this silly arabic thing, and honestly Arabic is my native language And I didn't even understand the meaning of it. (Infact me writing this is a waste of my precious time cuz you won't even care. Sadly it seems I'am bored enough so I'll do it anyways).
Did you watched Fringe? For me he is that kind of bald... :)
there's one thing you can't get good at in 20 hours. and that's staying awake for 24.
The Video should be called "Learn how to learn anything in 20 Hours, in 23 minutes"
+Marrt I'm fuckin LOL'n
Exactly what I thought.!
Lol the video should've been 20 minutes exactly XD
get ready world I'll be an astronaut in 20 hours!
GDT - Ω96 Are you in Mars already?
I guess he took a wrong turn and flew directly into the sun.
Phil Perry did you think about the old Greek story when you wrote that?
You've clearly missed the point of this video entirely. In order to make the goal achievable it should be modified to jumping a clear meter with a fish bowl on your head - all without shitting in your suit. Haven't you learnt anything?
This is probably the most worthwhile video I've ever seen on UA-cam. I basically learned steps 1-3 on my own with a lot of trial, error and wasted time. I wish I saw this and put it into practice six years ago.
Forget that the world moves faster, the world doesn't care about you.
Learn day by day but dedicate to a topic your heart always wanted to dominate as an achievement in life.
So right... So many people claim to have some sort of secret, but really are confusing "the secrets" with something that is so difficult, that only a few can do it. If we followed the human spirit, and like you said the heart, the many would understand what the few can accomplish. I think it was Arthur C. Clarke that said " Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic". I would also interchange the word skill for technology. And maybe If we do that, the world will care about you. We all care about each other. We just don't understand the how or why yet.
No no, just no.
I meant the world doesn't care about you.
THE PEOPLE ON THE OTHER HAND
We must start by getting on the same page about what you mean by "World". From my point of view, we live in a symbiotic and fractal universe. The fact that evolution progresses forward is proof that the world, as well as everything in the universe, must care/favor you in order to allow your existence. We discount any object we consider inanimate, yet we have yet to successfully quantify our own consciousness. If we can't prove the existence of consciousness or the concept of selfhood, how can we assume to know whether or not the "world" cares or doesn't care?
Giul Hanch don't care about you..
Je suis toujours heureux de découvrir des méthodologies similaires ! La déconstruction de l’aptitude est un principe et une étape importante pour attendre nos objectives. Une aptitude, une compétence est simplement une association de plusieurs sous compétences. J’aime beaucoup ce point abordé!
I love it when Josh said learning something is not intellectual. I'm a dyslexia and some times learning a new thing can be overwhelming. He's given the strategy about how to learn any thing. Thanks Josh
This is so groundbreaking. Who would know that to learn a little bit
about something (just some part of something), kind of OK doesn't take
very long?
And that practicing organizedly is good for achieving that...
I cant believe this guy is lecturing people about the most obvious thing ever.
Lower your expectations A LOT about what you want to learn, practice it,
there you go, you know a small part about something kind of okayish.
Really genius stuff.
Speaking about acceleration - how about making a 5 minute video instead of a 25 minute long video?
5 minutes in and we are still on an intro. But his shiny head makes him seem so credible I am hanging on to see if I learn anything useful.
Sweet. I just learned neurosurgery over the weekend. Wooooo.
the presenters are sophisticated, knowledgeable, informative, clear, concise and precise and I want to thank them for their time.
One Learn Man
Read 100 books a day
Did 100 essays
Lost his hair
I got good at watching youtube videos after watching for 20 hrs, it works!
"Nice head. by any chance are you related to an octopus?"
He's Saitama from one-punch man now shut up
Learned this principle two years ago and applied it since! It is the correct way to start learning without having school making courses for you. Learn and be happy to learn.
I am C level Advanced French. After a decade of not using French, I had to ask myself how specifically was I going to improve my French. I agree with the gentleman, I had to become very specific. I wanted to practice French in door to door pitches for causes I truly believed in. Knowing this and working only on that vocabulary and specific jargon and narrowing down the most similarly-minded people, both French-speaking and advanced learners was the most precise way.
just got the book cause he said ukulele correctly.
Leomana Turalde 12:46
Nope, U is not pronounced 'ooo' it's pronounced 'you'
silly americans
The ukulele, (pronounced /ˌjuːkəˈleɪliː/ YOO-kə-LAY-lee, from Hawaiian: ʻukulele [ˈʔukuˈlele];
it actually IS pronouced OO Koo le le... think hawaiian
For those who don't have the time to watch a 20 min video. Here are the 5 steps to learning a skill quicker.
1. decide what you want
2. deconstruct into sub skills and practice the most important ones first.
3. research the skill just enough to do the deconstruction to choose the most important sub skill. but not so much where there is a barrier.
4. make it easy for you to practice the skills
5. precommit to practicing for at least 20 hours
I do poker for a living and i do all of these things to improve my game it is great. I learned this through 14 years of being a pro and the way i figured this out is through trial and error but used my logical thought process to figure out how to be more efficient. This is a huge reason why i do poker home work at night before i go to sleep, although it makes sleeping harder because i get excited about what i learned and makes me think about new ideas. good video
You hit the nail on the head. Thank you so much for the useful info and content. People have to master their skills set
Great introduction to accelerated learning! I love how specific you define the goals. Also, making goals small enough you remove the fear of failure. This is by the way very close to "The Kaizen Way" of step by step improvement.
Again, great interview
yeah, that's step one actually
look, he's the One Punch Man
+imspidermannomore holy crap
+imspidermannomore lol
+imspidermannomore haha awesome
+imspidermannomore cannot be unseen..
+imspidermannomore lol after i just watch One Punch Man..make my day..
Some people misunderstand the definition of the word "good" for "better" or "great" or "master". "Good" means for skill is that you got the basics of the skill, you are decent at it, not better or best at the skill! Of course it takes more than 20 hours to fully master especially for the big and harder detailed ones the skill but learning within the 20 hours you are decent enough at skill you have chose. John Kaufman really means that if you learn a skill and be good or decent at it within 20 hours, it'll be a great motivator to keep you going. He learns the ukulele in 20 hours and is good at it then he gets better in another 20 hours. You learn the basics in 20 hours then practice.
With all of this being said, you always reap what you sow. There is no short cut. However, this concept can be a reminder that the first step to success is taking action.
life is like a video game . accomplish new missions and gain experience points
GO TO 5.30...there just saved you all some time..
+Angel Rodriguez lol! We need more people like you on youtube
+Angel Rodriguez Five and a half minutes to be exact :P
+Angel Rodriguez I should have read this earlier xD
+Angel Rodriguez Whew! Thanks
+Angel Rodriguez not all heroes wear capes _/\_
I stumbled on consolidation as a kid when I played guitar. If I was learning a riff that was challenging when I would play at night I would just try to get it down the best I can then when I would wake up I would pick my guitar up first thing in the morning and play the riff perfectly almost every time. Very cool to hear it as a part of his method
The 5 steps, simplified:
1. Choose what you want (What's your target performance level)
2. Break down the whole thing into smaller subskills ('chunk it down' )
3. Do the most important ones first
4. Eliminate barriers to practice (make it easy to do what you want to do).
5. Commit to practicing it for at least 20 hours
Thanks!
Worth every minute. Thanks, think you changed my life. Don't worry about length of video. People who want REAL change will watch it twice.
CJ Walton I'll probably watch it a 4th and 5th time. wow this was pretty damn awesome
i wanted to watch this video but it took 20hrs for this guy to explain is fucking methodology
I like how he said that we're all actually smart enough and that it is our emotions keeping us from doing things because sometimes you get the impression that you need to be a super human to do some things, espescially in science, as people always refer to Einstein.
A few things I noticed about these five steps, and I think is brilliant; Josh is talking about "deconstructing" the broad goal into definable skill-sets. From Sun Tzu's "The Art of War", deconstruction is "Dividing and Conquering". When Josh is talking about "removing or breaking down barriers", that is also from The Art of War, called, "wearing away at the edges," where it is better to wear down a large-scale army by wearing away at the surrounding soldiers, or in this case barriers, than it is to "strike at the heart" of the entire army all at once. You can tell when a book has serious and practical instruction when you can tie several of the steps back to well-known and practiced instruction. I'm looking forward to my copy.
The pace of this video was way too slow to sit here and listen to it all.. i simply DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME to listen through the end of this video! :/
I said the same thing...lol
Daniel Guardian i listen to alan watts videos when i sleep :D
Agreed!!!
Download the video and watch it in windows media player or VLC etc and speed up the playtime...easy, I watch videos at 2X the normal speed and if I think it's very important then slow it down again for that particular part
Trip Tamine Dude i thought i was the only one.
The most important step to becoming good at anything is to commit to doing the thing no matter what everyday. These other techniques and strategies are useless if you don't make the commitment first. #coachMP
This is the best and most useful guide to self teaching I've come across on youtube, I never thought of learning as scoring mini sub category achievements, I might get thus book.
glad i'm the first one in
The 5 Steps in summary:
Step 1: Decide what you want to learn; your Target Performance Level.
Step 2: Deconstruct the skill; break it down into sub-skills.
Step 3: Research the skill -- just enough to do the deconstructing.
Step 4: Eliminate barriers to practice.
Step 5: Pre-commit to practising for 20 hours.
this dude should shave his eyebrows so he can be a big thumb
austinletsplay haha
austinletsplay trololol
austinletsplay and this is why I always come to read comments
Before you watch the whole video, get the 5 main points by going to 20:34. Thank me later.
And I think it is not bullshit at all. Nobody said you would get brilliant within 20 hours. You get good at it within this time. For the long run, you probably need the 10'000 hours. But why trying to get brilliant when first off you have to get good at it anyways?
Yes I did.
Really impressed with the interviewer's attention and quality of questions.
I think making sure to find the joy in something is also really important. Pure grit only takes you so far.
This should be more accurately called 'How to learn to do part of a skill set in 20 hours... to begin with (with additonal time for research)'
But with that name you can't sell it as easily to the 'results without effort people'.
Sp this is how One Punch Man got so strong!!
This reminds me of the TED talks I watched a few days ago that talked about "Multipotentialites" how one actually can be great at several different crafts. Great video and definitely refreshing!
more i see the motivational video or read a book , i actually get enlightened with my own experience of applying the stuff which saw or read it a while before....for example, in and out all our the internet to search how to make a website.... which i never done before...just 3 days coming up with an amazing website(buying domain , hosting setting up dns and all) made me proud of myself. i actually surprised myself after few day that i did that all thing on my own.
This video is misleading in its title - because it leads the viewer into thinking you can learn a complete skill in 20 hours. Yeah if you just want a better jumpshot in basketball, sure you can get good at it with 20 hours of practice. BUT its not just studying and practicing - you also need guidance to make sure you are practicing the right way to truly have accelerated learning.
There are also other factors involved in accelerated learning that are related to the individual - are they a dabbler, an obsessive or a hacker? These are 3 types of learning personality types.
You might want to see his UA-cam talk on The RSA where he explains his 5 steps. I'm sure his book will go into more depth. He also states he learned an instrument in 20 hours and then said he will continue another 20 hours to get better etc...
Heather Grabowsky Sure, one can grab the basics of an instrument in 20 hours of learning but your SKILL level will not anything of any note. Building the complex coordinations required to play a musical instrument with any sort of competence takes a couple of years.
No, I completely got the point. What ALL of you are missing is I said THE TITLE of this video is misleading, NOT the content.
***** "How To Get Good at ANYTHING in 20 Hours" - ANYTHING? Highly doubtful someone could get good at flying or surgery in 20 hours. The commentators then go on to have to explain what they mean by "anything"; that don't really mean "anything", but mainly cognitive skills like learning a language.
When you say "anything" and have to define "anything" that equals misleading.
Rock the Stage NYC Haters gonna hate
iDubbbz and Casey Neistat sit down for a very insightful conversation
Broseph Stalin WHAT THE FUCK LMAOO HAHAHAHA
Broseph Stalin wtf ya lol
Broseph Stalin lmaooooooooo
Close your eyes and listen it works so perfectly
xD
I expect wise people have always known the truth of this approach. But Mr Kaufman has made it clear and obvious to the rest of us. Its simplicity could revolutionise learning and training the world over. Being even 80% skilled in our desired field would be more than enough for most of us.
All this guy is really saying is love, dedication and hard work will get you there - which we all knew already anyway.
Very inspiring, thanks.
Very useful!
Interestingly enough I've been a terrible procrastinator and I've decided to make a daily goals list with a few simple items to complete each day. One of those things is to watch 1 video from my watch later list per day. This was the first video, and one of my to-dos is practicing my French!
Merci pour la vidéo, messieurs :)
The first 2 points are the keys to this one. Having a clear definition of what you want to achieve is paramount.
I really liked point 2 about breaking down that skill into key areas. I'm going to put that into practice!
I like this host. Seems like a nice guy.
20:35 Recap of the 5 steps in order.
This guy is just reiterating common sense and calling it knowledge.
No he isn't. You think most people approach a new skill like this? Considering 20 hours of practice, breaking it down to subskills, using your sleep to consolidate it. These things are NOT based on common sense, but well-thought-through ideas.
MrHaydnHarry Well its normal for me.I can do many things well. I continue to learn new skills much in the way he describes actually so to me it is common sense.
So there you go. You said it yourself. To you it is common sense. But to most people it isn't and his ideas are valid.
MrHaydnHarry I agree with you. Thats exactly the way I approach everythin..It just seems strange to me that people can't figure it out . It makes life a hell of a lot easier .
That's awesome that you already know everything, please continue letting people know!
Thank you very much for sharing this video. I've needed this kind of motivation to do something forever. I easily get overwhelmed when I have to do a project/assignment that contains skills I don't readily have. Thank you for letting Josh Kaufman inspire me and give me hope that I can learn new skills in shorter times than I believe.
This can result in a _lot_ of inefficiency, speaking from experience.
Example: You don't know how programming works. You learn exactly what you think you need in order to make an app, while being unaware that an API was available that could have saved you 99.99% of the effort of reinventing the wheel, all because you didn't have enough general knowledge to know what to look for and learn in the first place.
A more efficient method is to try and make your knowledge "T" shaped; shallow but general knowledge surrounding your goal, as well as deep knowledge on the specifics. This is favored at companies like Valve and Google as it's been shown to give the most "bang for your buck" in terms of maximizing efficiency without taking on too much learning. It also lets you switch up what you're learning about so you don't get bored, leading to better focus when learning.
Well, he says that you should learn what you need *first* and not *only* learn what you need. That implies that you will eventually come back to pick up the rest, once you get your motivation renewed by getting good at the basics. Plus, I don't think "reinventing the wheel" is that much of a bad thing, really, at least not when you are starting. Using your example of programming, sure, using and API would save you a lot of work, but what if you can't use that API, for whatever reason, like if you happen to get a job at a company that has their own proprietary API? Since you will have to learn their API anyway, would you prefer to already know the general principles of how things work or know nothing at all, because you only learned one specific API and it has no use in this company? I believe learning how something works in addition to learning how to use it is more valuable than learning only the latter just because it's more convenient. Also, the whole purpose of this guy's idea is what to do *in the first 20 hours* to get just good enough at something. Like he said, this method won't make you an expert, it's just a way to get somewhere. Not everyone wants to work for Valve or Google, some people just want to program stuff. That applies to everything else.
That's basically saying that I shouldn't take the time to learn fishing techniques because it's more efficient to just buy a fish. The point is missed entirely when the end goal is to become proficient..once you learn to tie on a lure, it's just a matter of learning what types of lures work best for whatever environment or fishing trip you find yourself in.
WillieTaggett Seems you missed the point.
I'm endorsing the T model, so using your fishing example, first you'd learn the basics (where it's legal to fish, what types of fish live there and what they eat), then you'd go deep on learning fishing in the particular area for the particular type of fish you want to catch.
If you don't do it that way;
* You would likely be arrested for poaching, since you didn't know you need a fishing license because all you learned was how to tie a lure
* You would probably waste many, many hours and lots of money trying to catch, for instance, bait fish with a fly rod.
So taking an additional hour to learn the basics could save you hours of wasted time, money on equipment you don't need, and possibly even a trip to jail.
But if you want to use the "whatever I happen to stumble into learning" method, be my guest. You're free to do whatever you want.
Hey Niles,
First I would like to apologize as my intention was not to antagonize, troll, nor attack your input to the discussion.
I am not the type of person who participates often in online forums and discussions, but feel my point of view can sometimes be of value. I'm always willing to admit when I'm wrong or mistaken and like to further a discussion with an open mind and respect of others' opinions, even if they disagree with my own.
With that said, reading over my previous comment, I can see how it came across as negative and disrespectful. For that I do apologize, sir.
I'm using my own personal experience as an artist and my struggle with self-defeat, doubt, and fear of failure to approach my goals to realize my purpose on this earth.
I should've used art instead of fishing as an analogy, but my overall intention was to say that if you can learn to analyze a similar situation that has worked for someone else, and learn how the basic principles that were used along with effective techniques, you can learn to create and outline a process that can be applied to any goal or situation you like.
I will use my own situation as an example. It ended up being a pretty long read, but I would love any input or advice.
About 2 years ago I was introduced to NLP (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuro-linguistic_programming) and systems-thinking by a fellow friend and artist. Previously, I was one to scoff at and give no merit to self-help techniques..until I witnessed firsthand my friend take on large art projects (even those he had zero experience with prior) with a confidence and mindset that any problem can be systematically solved with the right processes and deconstruction techniques and his results spoke louder than any self-help seminar speaker.
I would go years without drawing because I was afraid of reaffirming fears that I wasn't as good as I and everyone around me thought.
He taught me an overall process I could use for any project I would be confronted with..how to deconstruct and analyze what has worked for other artists I admired, a handful of principles that I could use such as value, contrasts and ratios of primary vs secondary elements in a composition, focal point, color schemes, etc.
In literally a week I attained a level of skill that I'd hoped to achieve a couple years down the road. I began taking on portraits and other art commissions that would terrify me months prior. I would be just blown away as I applied these handful of principles and techniques. This began a snowball effect of unearthing even more underlying elements of art and ways to reach the results I'd almost given up on reaching.
I always known all my life I had the potential to be an awesome artist, but didn't know how to problem solve the mental/emotional issues as well as those that dealt directly with art.
Now, I'm not necessarily a religious person but I couldn't help but to believe my childhood friend came back into my life precisely at a time when I had all but gave up on myself and was ready to accept that I would never realize my dream..he has given me a gift it would take millennia to repay.
I now make a living as a portrait artist and am making leaps and bounds in skill almost daily. I no longer fear any task I'm asked to handle and continue to amaze even myself. You and anyone who's interested can check out my art at facebook.com/DeanPencilArt?ref=hl and gkeebler.deviantart.com/.
I would like to collaborate with and share what I've learned with others. I'm currently outlining a process and battle plan to market my skills and attain more lucrative commissions. I'm also thinking of making UA-cam videos for art that deals with not only drawing techniques but ways to skyrocket your skills in days instead of years. Anyone is welcome to contact me for commissions or ideas on video creation.
With that I would like to thank you and all others for their input and ideas and wish nothing but success and good fortune for you and yours
-Gary Dean
Niles Black The guy in the vid accually agrees with you, if you watch it again you relise that he wanted you to skim trough different sources of info about the thing you want to learn to get a general knowledge before you start "learning".
Video starts at 5:13
Wow thanks to this video in only 20 hours I took over 5 naps! Great work!
You've just answered the rest of my mystery of how it is I learn so rapidly under the stages of pressure and intense necessity that I set up for myself, Now I can learn without needing all That. My gigantic obstacle is going to be that of the emotional drowsiness inducing piece
"The barrier isn't intellectual. We're all smart enough. The barrier is emotional."
Guy looks like a grown ass Cailloux
I can see it now
LeCaissie haha. . caillou.
LeCaissie lmbo
omg perfect
i dont know how i ended up here but it was awesome! also for the ppl complaining about the length of the video...its not a news bulletin its and interview...and if 20 minutes was to much for you then forget the whole 20 hours of something, just give up now.
From viewing this at 2x speed I gathered basically:
- know the big picture you want
- know minimum details of the big picture
- research, learn about the details
- eliminate distractions (re-focus)
- persistence
and trust yourself.
It works somewhat like looking in the distance at something you want to see and refocusing the lenses until you know (your own definition) what you're looking at.
Bottom line is presence as always. Diminish your consumer mode and go into producer mode.
10 mins in and I want to pull my hair out...both love to hear themselves talk....
my only question is this: what if you do the 20 hours in a single day? Can your mind process this amount of new information efficiently? I wish he asked that question
From my experience I know it's not ideal and I think he did implied that too. You need sufficient rest between practices to let your cognitive or psychomotor muscles regroup and grow.
Jason Ong
Well then, suppose you worked at something for 20 hours straight then slept for 20 hours.
Paradox xodarap I suppose you can do that if you have the stamina to last 20 hours. My threshold's at 3 hours. By that time I'm tired and need a rest. So breaking it up into chunks of 3 hours works better for me.
The "spacing effect" is what the author in the vid is referring to regarding practice and sleep. You might be able to learn something in one stretch, but studies show that you learn more effectively (better) and efficiently (faster) if you space it out.
_"if he distributed his study over three days, (and again allowed seven repetitions as a refresher before the test) he needed to study the list just 38 times-meaning he could cut study time nearly in half, with the same result, by distributing the practice."_
www.aft.org/periodical/american-educator/summer-2002/ask-cognitive-scientist
If you look at Robert Greene's book on Mastery, the masters took 10 or more years to become experts. I don't think you can learn to be an expert at something in 20 hours. It sounds like 6 Minute Abs....everyone trying to do something very quickly, as if that's even possible! The reality is that if you want to do something & you want to do it well: YOU HAVE TO PUT IN THE TIME.
Jesus this is some high school level advice. Literally the same advice my counselor gave me, have long term goals, mid terms goals to achieve them and and short term goals to achieve mid and long term goals. All the details are almost verbatim
This video looks so good for my final exams. Just what I was looking for. Slak off 364 days and then study the day before. I was right.
one punch man
Programming?
When I got into it, I over and over thought I can code well. I couldn't, and after 6 years I still learn, because times change and so does the technology. I tell you what? if you can put a website together, you are NOT a programmer, if you can alter a psd, you are NOT a designer, and if you can order from the French menu, you aren't good at French by default. I've done tons of interesting projects from stock analysis to webshop of chemical compounds, and I'm still NOT an expert.
Thus being said, I completely disagree with what you say. There's always more to learn and one does not just finish learning something. Have this quote:
An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
And this takes a hell lot of time.
Great video!
Many thanks to both of you.
How you practice and learn is just as important as what you practice and learn. Basically accelerated learning is mental minimalism in an efficient and effective way.
That man is the baldest man I've ever seen.
+Mc Paintcraft he can grow hair in 20hrs though
Bostic Reiva Lol.
+Bostic Reiva lol
+Bostic Reiva haha
+Mc Paintcraft Have you ever seen Saitama sensei?
so 20 hours to become mediocre at something is basically what he's saying.......brilliant
I agree somewhat. Sure, in 20 hours a person can learn to cook, but they won;t be a chef, they won't know how to shop for food in many different markets, learn proper knife care, food storage, etc.
It can take many years to develop skills, talent and taste to be a chef.
and it does take many years. but we all have to start somewhere. the experts don't become experts overnight. I think the 20 hours is a great catalyst.. most people are intimidated by the thought of learning new things, but when they pass through the first 20 hours, it becomes easier to continue. The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step, said someone wise at some point :)
after 4 years at varsity more than half the graduates are average at the skill..... so if 20 hours will get me to mediocre then great............
Your statement is the reason why pessimism is such a downer and this is coming from someone who's been referred to as a pessimist.
Everyone starts out ignorant (lacking knowledge - some people incorrectly assume that ignorant is the same as stupid). That's a fact. No one knows the earth revolves around the sun; the value of money; the importance of money; that 2 multiplied by 2 is the same as 2 plus 2 when they get here. For that matter, no one knows how to walk when they first get here.
Paraphrasing what Authur said, if I can be mediocre at playing guitar in 20 hours where I once had no clue as to how to hold the guitar, it's well worth the time.
Christine Kangaslampi Well said.
So brilliant, thanks for this video!
i wanted to get a better condition. So now my first goal is to get to a 5k run without stops. I want to achieve this in 9 weeks.
So every week I built it up a little bit.
The first week I run for 2min than 1min walk etc for 30 min.
I do this 3 times a week.
the second week I went to run 2 min and 0,5 min walk
3rd week run 3 min and 0,5 min walk
This way works perfectly for me because you get your condition at a "higher level" each week so that when you start the second week it will be only a little hard to get threw the first run and after that you only energetic after and don't find it as hard as the first run. So every new week it feels like you just stared running at your "limit" (first week) but YOU ARE MAKING PROGRESS! I think this is amazing.
The other days in my week where I have free time I do a work out with the same 'structure" so that I can also split my weeks into 2 goals that are very similar to eachother and have a connection for my other goal. Because I want to get good at Wing Chun (martial art) And yes I could also start with wing chun and have the same structure but than I wouldnt make the best progress I think.