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(MBASkills.IN) How to Learn Anything?

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This document summarizes Josh Kaufman's talk on how to learn anything. It notes that with only 20 hours of focused deliberate practice, spread over a month of daily 45 minute sessions, one can learn new skills like a language, drawing, or playing guitar. It breaks learning down into four simple steps: 1) deconstruct the skill into smaller pieces, 2) learn just enough to self-correct during practice, 3) remove barriers to practice, and 4) practice for at least 20 hours. While many claim it takes 10,000 hours to master a skill, research shows moderate performance can be achieved with much less practice time.

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Josh Kaufman on “How to learn anything” Submitted to Prof. Sameer Mathur by Pankaj Kumar, PGP30262

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How to learn anything

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(MBASkills.IN) How to Learn Anything?

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Life is too Busy I do not have free time

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Excuses

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Its not exactly true but it FEELS true

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How long does it take to acquire a new Skill

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10,000 Hours many books and websites says Its equivalent to a full time job for 5 years But that’s not True This is required for Expert Level Performance

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What research says By much lower (than 10,000 hours) practice time a moderate level of performance can be achieved Performance Curve

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• Early level of skill acquisition is really fast • As we spend more and more time lessor value addition

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So how long it take starting from grossly incompetent to being reasonably good 20 Hours

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If you put 20 hours of focus deliberate practice 45 minutes a day for a month you can learn any of these skills • Want to learn a language ? • Want to learn how to draw ? • Want to learn playing guitar ?

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Four simple steps to Rapid skill acquisition

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1.Deconstruct the skill Most of the things which we see as skills are actually are a bundles of smaller skills

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Look into the skill and break into the smaller and smaller pieces

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2. Learn enough to self correct Get 2 to 3 different resources from to learn Don’t use these resources as a way to procrastinate the practice

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Learn just enough that you can practice and self correct yourself Learning become noticing when you make mistake and getting better

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3. Remove barriers to practice

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4. Practice at least 20 hours

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Major barrier to learning isn’t intellectual.. Its Emotional

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References • Ted talk by Josh Kaufman. • Photos from Google images.

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(MBASkills.IN) How to Learn Anything?

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Created by Pankaj Kumar, IIM Lucknow as part of an MBA course "Personal Branding“ www.mbaskills.in Taught by Prof. Sameer Mathur IIM, Lucknow Marketing Professor ( 2013- current ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Marketing Professor 2009-2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ph.D. and M.S. (Marketing) 2003-2009

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(MBASkills.IN) How to Learn Anything?

  • 1. Josh Kaufman on “How to learn anything” Submitted to Prof. Sameer Mathur by Pankaj Kumar, PGP30262
  • 4. Life is too Busy I do not have free time
  • 6. Its not exactly true but it FEELS true
  • 7. How long does it take to acquire a new Skill
  • 8. 10,000 Hours many books and websites says Its equivalent to a full time job for 5 years But that’s not True This is required for Expert Level Performance
  • 9. What research says By much lower (than 10,000 hours) practice time a moderate level of performance can be achieved Performance Curve
  • 10. • Early level of skill acquisition is really fast • As we spend more and more time lessor value addition
  • 11. So how long it take starting from grossly incompetent to being reasonably good 20 Hours
  • 12. If you put 20 hours of focus deliberate practice 45 minutes a day for a month you can learn any of these skills • Want to learn a language ? • Want to learn how to draw ? • Want to learn playing guitar ?
  • 13. Four simple steps to Rapid skill acquisition
  • 14. 1.Deconstruct the skill Most of the things which we see as skills are actually are a bundles of smaller skills
  • 15. Look into the skill and break into the smaller and smaller pieces
  • 16. 2. Learn enough to self correct Get 2 to 3 different resources from to learn Don’t use these resources as a way to procrastinate the practice
  • 17. Learn just enough that you can practice and self correct yourself Learning become noticing when you make mistake and getting better
  • 18. 3. Remove barriers to practice
  • 19. 4. Practice at least 20 hours
  • 20. Major barrier to learning isn’t intellectual.. Its Emotional
  • 21. References • Ted talk by Josh Kaufman. • Photos from Google images.
  • 23. Created by Pankaj Kumar, IIM Lucknow as part of an MBA course "Personal Branding“ www.mbaskills.in Taught by Prof. Sameer Mathur IIM, Lucknow Marketing Professor ( 2013- current ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Marketing Professor 2009-2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ph.D. and M.S. (Marketing) 2003-2009