How to Learn a New Skill Quickly: A 4-Step Process

In this week's video, we'll go over a 4-step process you can use to learn anything in a very short amount of time.

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[teflon]

TL;DW:
1:58 Deconstruct the skill - break it down into individual sub skills
2:40 Learn about each skill - learn *just enough* about each subskill to start practicing
3:20 Eliminate barriers to success - barriers e.g. lack of motivation
3:55 Practice deliberately - until you’ve achieved prioritized goals

Additional points:
4:25 Attempt to imitate the work of a master
6:19 Find a teacher/ coach/ course - check out SkillShare
8:02 Record your practice sessions
8:44 Do focused practice for long periods of time
9:20 Vary the Stakes

[FreedominThought]

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[lizykim]

Deconstruct the skill
Learn about each sub-skills
Eliminate barriers to success
Practice deliberately, track time

Imitate
Be taught by someone
Record your practice
Long and focused practice
Vary the stakes when practicing
Start now

[stoicfloor]

The content is gold, the edit is amazing and the script is well transitioned. Worth watching it more than once. Thanks Thomas:)

[L.V.T]

I need to find more people like Thomas in my life

[issy]

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[tanzeeltim]

Dang dude... Your content is so damn good these days.. This is really the best channel on yt... Been here since 100k and I'm glad 👍👍

[AnnebelBuntOnline]

Thomas, the guy who teaches you how to learn! Keep it up and I love your wall behind the pc screens

[RonnieX]

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what you need to understand about the map you're reading

[debbyf]

Congratulations on getting sponsored!! You did a really great job representing the sponsor's product in a way that wasn't invasive but also added to the video, and the video itself had a lot of really great content so it seemed like a really good fit.

[exdoofus]

Your videos are perfect, i wish that you sponsor every video that you make because i'm sure you take time and effort to look at what you sponsor before and it will sure be useful for us, Thank you Thomas :D

[auntpurl]

In the classical model, we use the framework called the trivium. All learning starts with the grammar stage (facts, overview, terms, key ideas, survey, timelines, etc.) then moves into the dialectic (practice, imitate, begin to create your own, make mistakes, refine, discuss, etc.), and ultimately the rhetoric (teach, originate, express). It's how we're designed to learn. I watch kids in our classical program move back and forth through these stages. Nothing new under the sun. But you did a great job breaking it down.

[ramblr]

As someone who can't study to save his left nut and who procrastinates way too much, this channel is honestly saving my chances of passing my upcoming Cambridge finals, even if by a small margin. My school life was very sparse these past couple of years and I missed out on way more work than I have any business missing out on, but your channel has given me the tips I need to kick my ass into gear and actually try.

I thank you. Keep up the great work.

[SnowyOwlPrepper]

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[johnp]

This guy is a genius. I have watched and looked up so many ways to do certain stuff and then I find him and can't stop watching. It is amazing.

[mundoracao]

Thomas, I knew your channel yesterday and It was a great discovery because I'm using your vídeos to improve my listening skills in english. I've been studying english a couple months ago and in the beginning I couldn't understand nothing and now I'm can uderstand some of your vídeos.

[Draconicrose]

That course is paying off and that sponsorship deal is amazing! 3 months of free learning for 99 cents wow.

[rainnnnn]

This video has motivated me to start and keep learning what I want to learn, which is learning sign language. Thanks Thomas!

[williammorris]

this is an awesome addition to the 20 hr mastery for learning a new habit, which you touched on. I am going to heed your advice and implement your 4 step process

[Curzik]

I don't know where I read it but I found a quote that says that you need to practice at least 1h a day to get better at something. Everything below is just repitition and helps to stay at your current level.
And I could see that developing my music production skills. I could get the most out of the sessions that were longer and more intense.