I am almost at my 20th hour of watching TEDx talks and I have to say I AM getting pretty good at this.

+James Benton Ticer Hahaha... This really cracked me up.

+James Benton Ticer lol! I am at my 100th hour of browsing unrelated Youtube videos and I am proficient.

Good stuff bro. Keep it up!

+James Benton Ticer Are you APPLYING the information in the talks though? Knowledge without application is actually a waste of time where as Knowledge + Application = Power

+Jon White I think you missed the joke.

**THE FIRST 20 HOURS - HOW TO LEARN ANYTHING** 1. Deconstruct the skill: - decide exactly what you want to be able to do when you're done, and then look into the skill and break it down into smaller pieces. 2. Learn enough to self correct: - learn just enough that you can actually practice and self correct or self edit as you practice. 3. Remove barriers to practice: - remove the distractions that are keeping you from practicing. 4. Practice for at least 20 hours: - by pre-committing to practicing whatever it is that you want to do for at least 20 hours, you will be able to overcome initial frustration barrier and stick with the practice long enough to actually reap the rewards. 5. The major barrier's not intellectual, it's emotional.

thanks!

Not all the skills can be divided into pieces. What skills are you talking about??

Thnx

​@Marta Rosevalda yes, every skill can be divided

@Swayam Badhe give examples

"The main barrier is not intellectual - it's emotional" was taken to heart. Thanks for the video

somebody already said that

@cat 000 how

@cat 000 nobody cares, they just said that quote is what they took to their hearts and thats what matters.

Im a English and Japanese learner, and I couldn't agree more with this video. The biggest barrier which obstructs you is emotional——'Im afraid of failure, Im afraid that what I've done wont work ect.' So just keep doing it, keep practicing, keep learning. And finally, you'll achieve your goals.

bro no it takes 20 hours alone to learn kanji, i have gone insane now i literally learn kanji everyday, i have no life now.

Agree. Just keep doing it, and you will find you are there suddenly.

@kanji freaki learned kanji by learning the words in context. learning the 120 ways to read 生 will get you nowhere if the book, tv show, etc. you’re reading only uses the readings なま and いきる. learn stuff in the context of words! it will be less stressful and more intuitive that way. a lot of native stuff doesn’t require knowledge of kanji anyway, and a lot more uses ふりがな! good luck kanjifreak.

@sejcai thanks I'll try it.

This video made me want to learn Japanese again , I would start learning Japanese by learning from books designed for schools, they would slowly teach you grammar rules and a couple of business words are how to greet someone . I would quickly get bored and after a couple of weeks quit. But that's the thing the books I was using were designed to teach business men , they focus on grammar because it's an easy subject to grade on tests. But I don't care about any of that. What I need is the most important elements, that will make it easy for me to understand general Japanese . I'm still going to use those books but I'm not going to make them the central focus of my learning.

10:30 - 11:15 is the life changing quote for me. Trying to be a perfectionist at everything and eventually procrastinating is the thing that I'm doing over these years. Thank you 💖

how did you type the time

@cat 000 just type it and it will be linkable

You're a wholesome person

My problem is that i get so bored and jittery when tryna learn something it's like i can't focus

@LIMO Boredom is inevitable at first but you gonna feel excited when you start mastering your thing... remember that you will feel worst before starting feel better

This is 110% correct. Looking back on every skill I've learned and accounted my hours for, it is around the 15 - 20 hour range that I feel "I got the hang of this" and that the dream isn't foolish, but by practice and repetition, the perception becomes reality.

Si inspirational What kind of skilled did you learn, please share ..

@Mimi MK2010 most noteably learning to fly a plane. I was able to taxi, takeoff, navigate, and land many times, and got down "the pattern" after 17 hours. It was good at 15 hours, but much better by hours 17-20. All these hours and events are recorded in my logbook. Now everytime I fly, I learn more things I never would have noticed in that initial training as muscle memory and generally realized procedures free up my time in the cockpit to learn and practice new and more advanced techniques relative to my training level. It makes me ask myself, "How will I spend my next 15 hours?" Have you had a similar experience in a skill you have trained for?

Does the 20 hours correspond to the divided skill (parts) or the field (total)?

@g hm Just to a skill. Learning the ins and outs of an entire feild can take years. However, at 15-20 hours of good practice, you should be knowledgeable and experienced enough to have an intelligible conversation with a feild leader, and gain some of their wisdom.

I've done about 120 hours of listening to French and I can't speak French yet

1 Deconstruct 2 Learn enough to Self correct 3 Remove distraction 4 Practice 20 hours

thanks man

PRACTICE 40 hours a day!!!

Thanks 🙏

Thank you so much. You just saved me 20 minutes

What is 20 hours

20時間である程度習得する方法 1. スキルを分解する 9:47 スキルを細かく分解して、重要なところから練習していく 2. 自己修正できるだけ学ぶ 10:30 練習しながら自己修正 3. 練習の邪魔になるものを取り除く 11:20 4. 少なくとも20時間は練習する 11:46 苛立ちの壁を越えることができる

ありがとう

totally agree😂

Cok kisisel gelisim kitabi okudum hayal kırıklığı duvarini ilk defa duydum

In 20 hours I learned how to read ひらがなとカタカナ.今、私は日本語をべんきょうします。

Good Summarization Okada sang!

Finally a decent, fun and engaging tedtalks that truly helps to set a practical goal and gives you a clear prospective on learning. THANK YOU

This has been out for 9 years lol

What he means to say is out of the many ted talks that HE has PERSONALLY watched, this was the most, or one of the most practical and helpful.

@AJP I know, I just mean its been here for him to watch for a long time

@Technolus nobody asked lol

@GARIMA AHUJA shocker, people say things without being asked

This is very helpful. Thank you for the work that went into this presentation. I could relate when he started talking about not starting to practice until he read all the books and understood all the concepts. Read a little, then practice a little, then progress that way.

The best, most exciting, most practical, most fascinating Ted talk that I continue to come back to you again and again. Read the book multiple times, applied it to everything from learning a new language to fixing up my house, to now developing my skills as a ham radio operator. Thank you so much for this.

What book?

@E. C. D. N. N. mastering the first 20 hours (look in the description)

Thanks for this amazing information !! If you don't find a means of multiplying money, you will wake up one day to realize that the money you thought you had, has finished. Investment is key, I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life

You're absolutely right , to be a successful in life required not only hard work but awareness and sometime opportunity at the moment , investment remains the best to start .

Exactly and many of us don't know where to invest our money so we invest it on wrong places and to the wrong people

Very true, I started investing before the pandemic and that same year I pulled a profit of about $750k with no prior investing experience, basically all I was doing was seeking guidance from *ROCHELLE DUNGCA-SCHREIBER* who's a guru in the game, you can be passively involved with the aid of a professional.

It took me 3 years to stop trying to predict what's about to happen in the market based on charts studying because you never know. Please, i need the help of your Investment advisor.

*ROCHELLE DUNGCA-SCHREIBER* is my portfolio-coach, I found her on Bloomberg where she was featured, I looked up her name on the internet. Fortunately I came across her site and reached out to her, you can verify her yourself.

I really believe in everything he has just said. It is important to avoid procrastination guys. I am telling you this because of my life experience. I moved to Canada when I was 20 years old and my life has changed completely. I was studying computer engineering in my home country and was about to complete my 3rd year when my mother took the decision to move to Canada. It was really difficult at the beginning because of the language and culture. My knowledge about English was probably between 30% and 45%, so I had to invest part of time studying English. I proposed to myself that I had to learn the language at a university level in 1 year, and it worked. I still need improvements, but I feel really proud of myself because I was able to learn the language. After having learned English, I applied to University of Toronto to study Computer Science, and since the semester was going to start on September of the following year, I took that year to study everything about my career. I took my time to study advanced functions, calculus, physics and programming. What do I mean about all of this? You can learn everything you want if you really want to. The crucial part of all of this is to believe that you can do it. I personally do not believe in what the science says about the "SPECIAL KIDS". We all are smart beings that have the same capacities to learn everything we want. You can do it guys if you are willing to take the effort. I hope you have a great day and I wish you all the best ☺️. NEVER GIVE UP.

Thank for your sharing

Inbox dear

I don't​ know you but. I feel so goooood​. When I read​ your​ story life

I'm learning English for three months and I'm happy, I am understand your text. I'm going following my dream of learn a new language. I'm from Brazil.

Thanks for sharing your story :)

I am in the midst of a career change. After 24 years as a doctor, I am training to become an airline pilot. I have accumulated 10 hours of flight so far, and I’m starting to see myself soar.

Wow... great for your explosive change.👍 congratulations.

So beautiful!!!!!!!!❤️

Well done sir! A real master at Work! More power to ya!

Doctor and pilot? You sir, are epic!!!!

진짜 멋있어요!!! 우와...

Absolutely brilliant. Everything said was spot on. Anyone can start to achieve any goal with just a little practice and motivation and leaving the fear behind. Use fear as a focus to achieve your goal, not to prevent it.

use fear as a focus to achieve...!!! how's that even possible???

You're so right! Once I started using my fear for motivation things started to go in the right path.

1 - decida exatamente o que você quer ser capaz de fazer quando você abacar, e então olhe para a habilidade e divida-a em pequenos pedaços. A maior parte das habilidades que queremos aprender, na verdade são grandes pacotes de habilidades que requerem diferentes coisas. Quanto mais dividirmos essa habilidade, mais somos capazes de decidir quais são as partes da habilidade que irão realmente nos ajudar a conseguirmos o que queremos. E dessa forma podemos praticar primeiro as coisas mais importantes, e dessa forma seremos capazes de melhorar a nossa performance no menor tempo possível. 2 - a segunda é, aprender o suficiente para se auto-corrigir. Então, devemos pegar de três a cinco recursos sobre o que estamos tentando aprender. Pode ser livros, DVDs, cursos, qualquer coisa. Não devemos usar isso como forma de adiar a prática. A prática deve começar imediatamente, e o que queremos é aprender o suficiente para sermos capazes de nos auto-corrigirmos ou auto-editarmos enquanto praticamos. Então o aprendizado se torna uma forma de melhorar e notar quando estamos cometendo um erro, e dessa forma podemos fazer algo diferente. 3 - remova as barreiras para praticar. Distrações, televisão, internet, todas essas coisas que ficam no caminho entre nós e a cadeira para começarmos a estudar e trabalhar. Dessa forma, quanto mais nos tornamos capazes de usar um pouco da nossa força de vontade para remover as distrações que estão impedindo de praticar mais somos capazes de sentar e praticarmos. 4 - praticar por pelo menos 20 horas.

謝謝有翻譯的幫忙，我只有國小畢業來自臺灣，加油！

This ted talk is worth 100 books read, and 100 movies watched on self-improvement. It's rare to find such an influential video. Kudos to all of you who ended up watching this!

20hour Rules - Deconstruct the skill - Learn enough to self-correct -Remove practice barriers -Practice at least 20hours

for all the procrastinators out here!

thank you

@ROA ♥️✨

thank you very much

@Minh quang Nguyễn ♥️✨

Thanks so much! This is so true. When I was 13 I really wanted to learn the guitar, and three months with daily working at it the way they tried to teach it in school got me nowhere. 2 years later I tried again with a totally different approach, basically just having fun with it and not being afraid of making mistakes but learning from them and 6 months later I was in a good band playing the lead guitar. No one expects you to learn anything by doing it right from the beginning anyway so just dive into it, make some mistakes and have fun. Learning rocks!

What I learned is: we need to be able to deconstruct the skill, and learn enough to self assess our progress eliminating diseraction while practice time, and put our 20 hours .This was so excellent.

Maybe search online or a book can help us to deconstruct a skill. But I have no idea how to know that we've already have the ability to do self correct

4 simple steps to “Rapid Skill acquisition” are: 1- Deconstruct the skill and decide exactly what you would be able to do by breaking down the skill into smaller pieces 2- Learn enough to self correct (Learn enough part of the skill which you can practice and self correct) 3- Remove practice barriers (distractions) by utilising a little will power 4- Practice at least 20 hours

Love it! Put 20 hours practice in it and have fun! Thinking about my karate journey 2hrs×10weeks here I am feeling much more comfortable compared the stressful emotion at the middle. Now the next learning is about C++ programming for a R5 module problem. Love the idea of self-correction milestone. And the dedication of 20 hours practice. My comment about the 20 hours is that it's just the practice time, it doesn't include 3 also very important things, the preparation time, the decomposing time, and the reflection time.

Meus parabéns, esse foi o melhor vídeo que ja assisti. Cara você esta de parabéns. Prometo a todos que ainda essa semana, irei colocar em pratica as minhas primeiras 24 horas, e quando eu atingir as 10 mil horas, voltarei e contarei como foi minha caminhada.

Summary: Just 20 hours is enough to become “reasonably good” at any skill. 1. Deconstruct the skill - Break the skill down into its most basic parts. Which parts are necessary for hitting the goal you have? (i.e. if your goal is to sing a song in Korean, you can primarily focus on pronunciation, not learning a bunch of vocabulary) 2. Learn enough to self correct - Learn enough to realize when you're making mistakes. 3. Remove barriers to practice - Turn off your phone, unplug the TV. Put your guitar, piano, language book in the middle of your room, not behind your stack of dirty laundry. 4. Practice for at least 20 hours - Commit to 20 hours from the start. You're going to be frustrated at times, so committing beforehand will help you push through the frustration.

QuickTalks Thank you (๑>◡

QuickTalks thnx

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QuickTalks this is scary bc im trying to learn korean bc im a denial koreaboo omg

Thank you ✌️👍

I myself enjoy this speech. I cannot put it better myself then you! I totally agree with your mostly with the 20 hours time to learn something new. I want to share my experience with you. I stared learning Italian language. I learn daily 10-20 Minutes for a week this means almost one hour! And in the end of this week I knew how to introduce myself in Italian and the alphabet and numbers, and to ask a lot of questions. So it’s not deepending on how long you learn something is more about HOW you learn and if you are totally focusing on it or not.

🇧🇷 Amei essa palestra! Gratidão a Deus, por esse ser humano incrível, por ele distribuir tantos aprendizados!🌷🌷🌷

About the 10 000 rule (6:15), i find it interesting how it went from achieving a very special expert skill to 10 000 hours to learn anything. I think that reflects a lot on people's mindset, how they usually try something not out of interest and passion, but to immediately become the best at it. It isn't done out of love but out of competition, and that's way seeing a number such as 10 000 hours is discouraging for a lot of people who want to try something new. Because they don't want to fully admit that they are not investing themselves in the hobby for the right reason, and so they find an excuse to flake out the first chance they get out of "but this is just too difficult and i dont have the time for it"

Pessoas como esse homem, me fazem continuar acreditando na humanidade. Após o evento da internet comecei amar o povo estado-unidense, antes eu achava todos insensíveis e frios: não são. São pessoas como todas as pessoas do mundo. ❤

Dear Josh Kaufman, I wanted to express my utmost admiration and sincere love to you. Your work as an author and educator has had a profound impact on my life. Through your books and inspiring speeches, you have shared your knowledge and experiences in a way that has allowed me to grow and thrive. Your passion for learning and your willingness to help others acquire practical skills are a constant source of inspiration for me. Thanks to you, I have learned to approach each new experience with curiosity and determination, understanding that learning is a continuous journey. The way you have transformed your own experience of becoming a parent into a new perspective on learning is truly remarkable. It shows how open you are to the lessons that life offers us and how committed you are to sharing these teachings generously. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything you do. Your love for learning and your ability to teach with kindness and clarity make you an extraordinary individual. I wish you all the happiness and success you deserve, both professionally and personally. With all my love and gratitude,

"The main barrier is not intellectual -- it's EMOTIONAL." Amen to that.

I love that ❤

Yeah that line resonated with me. I’ve caught myself stopping things early because I hated not feeling adept at something immediately. I needed this

What is emotion?

​@Cooper Blackwell So true, I tried painting and stopped for a while cause i felt like I didn't have talent in it. I looked back at my sketchbook and realized my paintings were actually so good.

This makes learning something more digestible instead of getting overwhelmed by the task. So right. Wish I watched this earlier in my life :’-)

Dziękuję bardzo za polskie napisy , bo to bardzo przekonująca prezentacja, dzięki niej pierwszy raz zrobiłam sama przelewy, nadałam paczkę do paczkomatu i nabrałam pewności siebie- dziękuję bardzo!

Esse conhecimento é transformador. Incrível!

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I love the medley at the end! I counted 18 snippets of songs with the same chords!! And he is right - I tutor English students and I think 20 hours is a good tipping point :) Great to think about progress in this way, and focus on what you can "do" and not what you CAN'T do. Stick with the skill long enough to see results!! :)

Loved it! Thank you, Josh! I am going to learn something I have had on my mind for quite some time now. And that is because of YOU!

Thanks to you sir. I come back to write this 3 months (- +) after i watched this video. When i was learning english, i've tried to memorize all the words and vocab as much as possible, but after months i still can't speak or even give a comment in youtube or instagram post in english. After watched this video i realize, i don't need all the words in oxford dictionary to start speaking, like that ukelele chords, know some important words is enough for you to speak in foreign language, and that's what i do now.

Great!

You are the greatest example that this works. Thanks mate

congratulations! I'm a native speaker of Chinese and English is my second language. I have a hard time in learning it due to the tradition way of teaching in my school. how I wish all my teacher watch Ted (there is no Ted back then). I found another good way to learn English let me share with u. don't try to remember words as it is very discouraged. instead try read the books /newspaper that is your level. your level means in one page there is no more than 10 unknown words to u. and dun hurry to search the meaning of every single words u duno. just guess the meaning and move on. if u feel happy just look up for 1 - 2 words u find interesting. that's my way of learning. just sharing 😊👍

@Daniel Liew I am a 17 y.o girl. I just watched this Video because I got struggle in learning chinese, I really liked to learn chinese but, I found it hard to study and understand the 8000+ words, in Chinese there are so many kind of tones of words that we used to speak in dialogue and I was like I'm getting tired, and close to giving up. But I don't think I can quit because I really want to be a native speaker in Chinese XD and I'm here asking you for some tricks to learn Chinese XD

Omggggg great

Thank you Josh.. I am getting pretty into this and learn great things of how learn things. Hope to share this knowledge with my students also..

This is a really interesting video. I strongly believe that time is not the main part to learn a new skill. The most important things are the right techniques and patience.

Exactly

This is so true. I learn freestyle waacking dance in 2 weeks and I literally committed every single day for an hour or 2. I don't do any dance within that 2 weeks, I just focused on throwing my hands. No music, no heads, no shoulder movements, no footworks, just pure arms (basics of waacking) to train my muscle. Now I've already been dancing (popping) for years, but never tried waacking before. Today I've almost transitioned my style into waacking. This is the same thing with learning other things. You have to commit OUT OF PASSION and you will learn faster, compared to when you're learning things not in your interest.

This really helps me to move forward on so many levels. Can't thank you enough.🙏

these kind of ted talks always gives me the motivation to actually do something, thank you

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Amazing inspirational speech 👏👏👏 You're so right that the major barrier to learning new thing is not intellectual, it's about emotional! We all start at zero point but if we keep practising and working hard on it, we will soon get better at it 😊 Enjoy what you're doing and find a way work best for you, hope all of us will achieve our happiness and goals 💟

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Yes he is totally right! Ive noticed as well that if you can allocate just up to 1 hour per weekday to do smth that makes you happy or helps you move towards your dream - you accomplish it so much fatser and become so much happier! Thanks for sharing Josh and TED!

I loved this TED Talk!!!! What an excellent presentation and highly applicable topic ☺

I finally realized that the reason why I couldn't acquire new skills thanks to watching this video. I always quit learning new things within 20 hours because I didn't find any progress about them and got frustration. From now on, I'm gonna keep learning at least 20 hours. And I think that I can automatically keep doing it if I could achieve more than 20 hours because it will become routine of my life. I appreciate the speaker for giving me motivation.

This awesome! It was literally a question I was asking and you provided the answer. Thank you! And thank you also for the encouragement to be a continuing learner!

1. Deconstruct the skill. Decide what you exactly want to do with skill and break the skill, practice the most important skills. 2. Learn enough to correct yourself. Practice just enough to notice when you do mistakes and get on the right path. 3. Remove the distractions. Disable notifications and remove all the distractions. 4. Practice at least 20 hours. Try to do 20 hours of deliberate practice. Stick with it no matter what. Additional:- The major barrier to skill acquisition isn't an intellectual one, but it's emotional.

Thanks, for resume! 😊

Thanks a bunch. You're my hero!

So he's the guy who sends his assignment in the class group after completing with no intention of return from anyone. Legend!! ♥

congratulation, now you can give a perfect ted talk

thanks a lot

I'm implicitly amazed at the final point that he referred to the barrier is up to emotional. Frankly, I've been that guy who is at the risk of being criticised for ignorance in some subjects. But as i see sense that's no longer a matter, it's just up to my pessimistic emotion, I might have a good deal strength to move forwards. Thanks him for sharing such a sense of perspective ❤️❤️

The most engaging and inspiring video I have watched today. Thank you so much. I am ready to learn and share my new skills with all my loved ones.

That was a awesome performance. Clearly shows that the 20 hour rule is fun.

How you conveyed to learn new thing in 20 hours is really brilliant. Nicely done!!

I appreciate your time and your lesson you bring to us ! Thank you.

1. Deconstruct the skill 2. Learn enough to self-correct (looking for too much material or learn too much is a kind of procrastinate) 3. Remove practice barriers 4. Practice at least 20 hours

Good boy

Thanks for the summary! You just saved me 20 minutes to put towards my 20 hours to learn a new skill! lol

Thanks. I hope you do not mind of I copy your comment.

@David Min Sadly people that have this "Give me results now" are the very ones that plato much quicker than others and mostly give up and/or never achive their goal New years res. area great example of this If sitting down for a 20 minute video on how to change your life is to much, i do NOT feel the problem is time for you but more on focus and realistic achivements

Could you elaborate on the 2nd point?

This is more than 20 hours of learning, practicing and having fun. Thank you sir :)

Impressionante a necessidade que temos de outras pessoas nos dizerem o que sabemos que precisamos fazer. Deve ser por isso que os pais existem rs rs. Muito bom assistir esse vídeo até o final.

Great talk! Very inspiring! Thanks 🙏🏼

you know sir, you can save everyone who absorbs this 20 hour rule... mentally and physically... thank you so much for this talk!!

1. Deconstruct the skill. 2. Learn enough to self-correct. 3. Remove practice barriers. 4. Practice at least 20 hours. Man, you are great!!!!!! Loved your ted talk!

Nice. I got to save listening to this ego maniac.

Thanks, I've been listening to this specific video for six years. Thanks for the sum up. the guy is great though.

Yes, but he broke the first rule of TED talks, he gave actionable advice.

You spoiled it for me tnx

The sum up is why it's worth it to check the comments. Thanks!

*I’m glad I made productive decisions about my finances that has changed my life forever.I’m 49 years living in Alberta Canada bought my first house last month and hoping to retire at 52 if things keep going smoothly for me😴😏*

Congratulations you are really doing well at your age.I’m 42 My finances are in mess right now,any great tips would really go along well in shaping my life, I want to buy house that’s really good too

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@kelvinjackson902 I met Mrs Harry Ava in a conference meeting last year for the first time in Washington DC.i invested $20,000 and the trade ended in one month making close to$75,000

What an amazing talk, I really agree with you sir, I always consider myself a Fast learner but with this tips I´ll be unstoppable!

This is true! I put in only about that much time over a month and I became a great writer. He is teaching it the right way, I learned it that way.

I love that I came I across this at this point in my life. Not wanting to make mistakes is my biggest barrier in life.

This guy said exactly what I needed to hear. Just brilliant ✨

I was watching this video just to improve my listening in English but at the end I think this video going to change my life. Thanks.

aaaa, me too! I loved it!!!!

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LOL same HAHAHA, actually I´m in english online class right now XD

Sameeee

I feel u bruh :"

Figure out what you want to learn: Decide on the specific thing you want to be able to do. Learn the basics: Learn enough about it so that you can start practicing and fixing your mistakes. Get rid of distractions: Remove anything that might stop you from practicing. Practice for 20 hours: Make a promise to yourself to practice for at least 20 hours. This will help you push through any frustration and keep going. It's about how you feel: The hardest part is not how smart you are, but how you feel about it. Stay positive and believe in yourself!

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I'm learning English and I've watched this video to practice and it was amazing words to motivate people who are learning something new.

Combining the "5 secs rule" of mel robins to tackle procrastination then with this "20hrs rule"... its definitely going to be a blast

Nossa, isso é incrível. 🧠👏👏👏

A lot of comments here are disappointing to read. The man shared with us a golden rule to learn and become decent at a new skill. He even specified you won't become an expert, you will become decent. That's the whole point of the video. He wanted to break the misconception of the 10,000 hour rule and encourage people to learn a subject they have been wanted to address and that it is not impossible, it takes 20 hours and you will have learned the basics and that it is do-able even if your schedule is tight. ''lolz then why isnt erryone a doctor ??? shit ted talk lmao !!1'' you missed the point

Dugimeister yes, you are right this people need 10 thousand hours of listening and comprehension he clearly stated "not a master"

Dugimeister you're totally right.

that's it you are a maneuver helped me from a jeopardy

Agreed. But it is the internet =b You can't expect everyone to actually pay attention and comprehend everything lol. This is really helpful information, and very encouraging for a multipontentialite like myself. (if that word sounds crazy... its another TED talk)

Were talking about the YouTube comments section here what do you expect, personally I took the lesson and I'm gonna apply it to my life so if everyone else misses the point that's not my problem ya know

This does sound about right. I did ballroom dance for 2 hours a week, every week for about 2 months, and in that time, I went from knowing nothing to actually being able to remember the different dances and do them fairly well.

Mudou minha forma de pensa, e minha vida, foda demais 🇧🇷🧠

This is quite simple as Josh put it. Why have I all these years been told by instructors to do this and that, and they kept on putting doubts in my mind day after day. When it isn't intellectual as I thought, but emotional. That was the secret sauce I never new about that prevented my wanting to take on several new challenges, because I thought I was smart enough. This could be the pitfall for many students today, not knowing Josh's simple concept.

Your video is squashing a big limiting belief. Excellent example from your song! Totally demonstrating your theory LIVE! I love it and thank YOU!!

Amazing info. Yes. Hear 10k hours would more likely dishearten one from pursuing something vs knowing it only takes a month of diligence. Blessings for spreading light. 🙏🏿

I was always better than my classmates in speaking english, but I wasn't well enough to able to speak properly or understand completely. Then one day one thought came up and I've decided to be as better as I can in speaking english. Now, I've been practicing english for almost 1 year. At least 20 minutes a day. That's 20 minutes made me way better english speaker than I was before. When I saw this video I wanted to share my experience. Guys, I watched this video without any subtitle and understood every single words thanks to my 20 minutes efforts a day. I achieved this level without any partner or course. Although I'm still not that good enough and you can find lots of errors I've made in my comment, I know that I'm gonna be better day by day and eventually achieve my goal. Whatever you wanna learn, just believe in yourself and practice at least 20 minutes a day. Good luck.

Way to go, Burak!

Tebrikler Burak :)

Pankaj Kumar thank you pal, i’m pretty sure that you will achieve your goal.

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You're quite good!

It's amazing that some people can listen to this man and call him a bad guy. It's really a shame, because the people who hate him are the people who really need to hear the message he's spreading......

Notes - the first 20 hours rules 1. Deconstruct the skill 2. Learn enough to self-correct 3. Remove practice barriers 4. Actually, practice at least 20 hours Advice/Quote: "The main barrier is not INTELLECTUAL, it's EMOTIONAL" - Josh Hauman

Muito bom 🎉

This is so inspiring! Thank you!

One of the most powerful and useful presentations I have ever seen.

Started watching tedtalks weekly and my life drastically improved from all the things I’ve learned here. I wish teachers in school are like this.

We needed to learn a little more about life and practical skills at school! The school system is so broken :(

@Aline Azevedo thing is, majority of teachers are more concerned about getting passed the curriculum as efficient as possible. I dont blame them that much tho. In america, teachers are just not paid enough. The best teachers tho look outside the box and improve the students foundation with videos like this, and ultimately, become mote efficient at getting through the course.

@Aline Azevedo Yup. Schools teach students very little to succeed. Students have to deal with unnecessary and uninterested Assignments. As a school graduate myself, I have no idea how to invest money, save money, do taxes, manage expenses, what to do with my first paycheck, know about life, and things like that😕😔. I don't even know why I went to college for.

Teachers in university are very similar to this actually tbh this reminds me of one the teachers at harvard in the computer science course.

more or less health teachers

Four simple steps to rapid skill acquisition: 1. Deconstruct the skill; 2. Learn enough to self-correct; 3. Remove practice barriers; 4. Practice at least 20 hours. Thanks for sharing. It's so useful for everyone.

Learning is not about perfection. Best thing I heard today 🙌🙌

When standing before an urge audience It is difficult to have a dead on speech. This guy nailed it.

I'm just fascinated about how incredibly he held this ted talk.

I've spent over 100,000 hours on sleeping, but I am sleepless and watching TED now

The brain is a beautiful machine, this guy showed a really good strategy on how to use it but it's still up to you to learn whatever you wanna learn. Good luck everyone, i wish all of your dreams to become true!

thanks you to Goodluck

dude, marry me :))

+Shell Madrid wtf

i said from bottom of my heart :))) i have a ring right now so if you can take a flight to my Spain, just call me baby :)))

Yes, I agree!

Incredibly awesome and encouraging! Thank you so much

I fully agree: in 20h or less, we can learn a new thing and be reasonably good at it. - Gemma

What a powerful message. 👏🏻💯

Unos de los videos más interesantes y útiles que he visto en Ted. Muchas gracias Mr.

That's amazing . it just relived lot of stress . This is going to be the life long learning . Thank you . Josh kaufman ,You are amazing .

"The major barrier to skill acquisition isn't intellectual...it's EMOTIONAL." Thank you Josh👏

Absolutely agree .. emotion is tied to memory ..

I came across Joshes book at my local library the other day and had to nab it, it's just by coincidence that I found this video. He's absolutely spot on though. Everyone thinks they don't have time to do X, but it's because they're usually spending their time doing things that don't help them grow. Feel free to watch an hour of Netflix or binge a show, but just do something productive for 30-60 minutes and make that a reward you get. Being disciplined doesn't mean you can't enjoy those things, in fact, being disciplined means you can enjoy more of those things because now you've created more time.

What a lovely and informative video ♥️ thank you 😊

As someone that started piano lessons on 20th January, at the time of writing this comment I have exactly 25 hours of practice put in. 5 hours x 5 lessons with my teacher, and 20 hours practice at home. I don't know what "reasonably good" means to Josh, but if you ask me I'm still absolutely incompetent. And my teacher told me I'm advancing much faster than the big majority of students she had. Based off my estimates it will be at least 6 months of practice before I'm going to be "reasonably good". At the moment I'm practising for 1 hour every day, so in 30 days I have 30 hours. 30 x 6 months is approximately 180 days = 180 hours. Piano is not easy.

I think this Ted Talk is one of the best I've seen on YouTube. I could only say throughout: IT'S PERFECT.

I've heard a lottt about the 10,000 hours it takes to master something, but this is the first I've heard about it taking 20 hours to generally get a hand on a topic. I geek out over learning too haha so you're far from alone.

Kinga….Keep at it and good luck on your channel

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Loved this talk! Imagine as teachers, we can design our course instruction to follow this exact process. That is, we can deconstruct the skills, identify the most critical/fundamental sub skills, decide what the right mix of resources are, teach them how to self-correct, create the barrier-less conditions, and structure the 20 hour plan for that skill. Perhaps in math, chapter 3 is the big skill and the sections are the sub-skills. Hmmm...I am going to play around with this.

@roger great reflection

love it

You got it Roger! Although I haven't refined it to 20 hours, it's the basis of my teaching for both English and Spanish :)

As I watched this TEDx talk, I kept saying over and over, "Spot on!" Isn't that what we, as teachers, have already been doing all along? No? Then you're either new to teaching, haven't figured it out yet, or are a professional development speaker in need of a pseudo-new hook so you can pick up ridiculously large fees instructing experienced and accomplished educators on the latest, wiz-bang teaching method neatly packaged and marketed to justify your product. That stated, I do agree that this is a terrific talk -- for students, as reinforcement for what we educators do or ... for those who are otherwise, clueless about the validity of practice, exercises and drills. Jus' sayin'