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The First Twenty Hours: Mastering the Toughest Part of Learning Anything
The First Twenty Hours Mastering the Toughest Part of Learning Anything Author:Josh Kaufman "Learn anything . . . fast!" Whatever you want to do with your life, you must master new skills. But where can you find the time? You are already busy--much too busy to spend the ten thousand hours authors like Malcolm Gladwell claim you'll need to master a new skill. Moreover, the early hours of practicing something new are always the most frus... more »trating: If you can't make it through the first twenty hours, you'll never get to ten thousand. Josh Kaufman offers a systematic approach for acquiring new skills quickly with a small amount of practice each day. He shows how to deconstruct complex skills, maximize productive practice, and remove common learning barriers, creating a realistic framework for drastically cutting the time it takes to acquire any skill. Kaufman invites readers to join him as he field tests his approach by learning to program a Web application, play the ukulele, practice yoga, re-learn to touch type, get the hang of windsurfing, and study the world's oldest and most complex board game.« less
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