4 Ways to Learn Anything in 20 Hours

The key is to practice intelligently

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” — Mahatma Gandhi

What if you could learn anything in 20 hours, what would you learn? Would you learn how to dance? Would you learn a new language? Would you learn an instrument?

In the TED talk, The First 20 Hours — How To Learn Anything, Josh Kaufman explains how to practice intelligently and how to learn any new skill in 20 hours.

It takes 10,000 hours to achieve mastery in a field. But it only takes 20 hours to get good at something, if you practice intelligently.

Via The First 20 Hours — How To Learn Anything:

You can go from knowing nothing about any skill that you can think of. Want to learn a language? Want to learn how to draw? Want to learn how to juggle flaming chainsaws?

If you put 20 hours of focused deliberate practice into that thing, you will be astounded. Astounded at how good you are. 20 hours is doable, that’s about 45 minutes a day for about a month. Even skipping a couple days, here and there.

Read more here: 4 Ways to Learn Anything in 20 Hours | Time.com