How to Learn Anything... Fast - Josh Kaufman

Author and business adviser Josh Kaufman reveals a new approach for acquiring new skills quickly with just a small amount of practice each day.

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[vaibhavhiwase]

Step 1: Decide exactly what you want.
Step 2: Deconstructing the skills.
Step 3: Researching just enough to identify, understand and self correct most important sub skills. Don't allow research to procrastinate you. Best approach is to go to 3-4 resources and don't complete it by skipping unimportant part.
Step 4: Removing barriers to practice. Make important thing easily accessible.
Step 5: Pre commit at least 20 hours in skills to check how important that skill is for you.

Summary: Choose Learning in the easy way because learning is not hard. It is a little bit of effort for having fun.

[GenieVideos]

I've spent 40 minutes each day procrastinating and now i'm a real master.

[samhenden]

'Dont't allow this research to become a form of procrastination itself.' That's a valuable statement right there. I know that I'm guilty of this.

[alexnime]

Me: *Watching this video at 2 am before final exams*

[xdz]

1 set up ur goal
2 break down into smaller goals and steps
3 research on every sub tasks: 3 - 5 resources, focus on resources that repetedly appear
4 remove barriers to pratice, avoid distractions: tv, Internet, friends, social media, focus and force urself to pratice
5 pre-commitment at least 20 hours to make it through (40 mins x 30day)

thank u for ur share with this "common sense".

[charlesbaldo]

As a software engineer who had to learn new things fast, i have to say through experience he is 100% correct. When i first started out 30 years ago i also believed in the 10 year concept. Now using the techniches disscuseed here i have found i can learn a new programming language in about a month if needed

[vivekvitthalraopatil]

I will definitely get bald for my first TED talk. It adds to the speaker's credibility.

[erfan]

I really like the way this man communicates. His way of delivering the content. Each of his words are clear, crisp, understandable and leaves a mark in ones mind.

[amirfarahmand]

I spent 40 minutes a day for one month so followed your advice and I became a full professor of mathematics. Thank you very much. You changed my life !!

[tkar]

1- Define what you want?
2- Deconstruct the skill
3- Research (3 to 4 resources)
4- Remove barriers to practice
5- Pre commit to 20 h practice
I think it's worth watching the whole lecture.

[gagandeepsingh]

Removing distractions is much more important than we all think. Once we let ourselves fall into them, we have to start over again.

[PontificusPinion]

Wow. Amazed at how clearly and persuasively he speaks. Excellent enunciation and smooth delivery. No reading from notes or teleprompters. No stumbling over or repeating words.

[chancycalhoun]

What an amazing talk! I like Josh’s work on the Personal MBA and now this is just amazing. I love how he finds ways to empower others to start and achieve.

[JamJells]

A good road map to learning anything. 23 minutes worth anyone's time. Take notes! Thank you for posting.

[xomex]

I've never been good at math but I had to take a course that I was told was very difficult, part of My Critical Thinking course required I memorized and practiced "Quadratic Equations" for a class and I mastered those formulas... How? I lived every moment I had formulas in my purse, car, bathroom, on my desk at home, every where I'd have a minute. When midterms & finals came I aced the course that so intimidated me. It can be done.

[danilaangileri]

I am an intuitive artist to begin with and I also agree on those steps. For me focusing is been the biggest struggle of my life, I’ve got better over the years. Today I am interested in learning as many skills I can to create a fulfilling life.
I don’t know my future career and I do my best not to panic about it.
Thank you Josh and great video!

[kelvinchikezie]

1, Decide exactly what you want...
2, Deconstructing the skill
3, Researching. Self-correct as you practice.
4, Removing barriers to practice.
5, Pre-commit to at least 20hrs of focused deliberate practice before you begin.

Thanks Josh

[dean]

Great! I was working on my typing skills and when I started I was like 30 wpm. But after following you I improved it greatly. I can type 120 wpm now. Thanks. I took 40hrs( 20hrs*2). Practicing at night is indeed very helpful.

[misterlarryb]

Excellent!  I prefer shorter videos, but this was well worth the time.  Learned on several levels - not just how to learn, but how to present without slides, how to entertain, how to connect the audience with a personal experience, and LOVE "I love THAT song!"  Great job, thanks, Josh!

[linaumran]

I found your speech in the right time, thanks a lot professor. Definitely I will start your advice from this moment .