How to learn a new skill

In our life, we often admire some friends being good at playing guitar, painting, singing and so on. And we also say to ourselves “If only I could do…”, but if someone tell us that” how about we learn playing guitar together?”, we will shuffle and say “it’s difficult to learn it for me. I can’t be learned.” Because of these excuses, our dream often fall into a drop-dead halt and never could be started.

Do you hear that learning a skill just take us only 20hours? Today, I’d like to share with you how to learn a new skill within 20hours.

First, choose a skill you desire to gain. Many people generally want to learn some skills in a period time, but lacking energy puts into the practice. You’d better rank all skills per the priority, then choose a favorite skill to learn.

Second, I think that decomposing the learning process is very vital. If you will focus on learning a skill, dividing the whole process into various smaller parts depends on what degree you can learn. The more decomposing you can identify, the more the target will be achieved smoothly. For example, if you want to learn guitar, you must practice fingers’ flexibility at first, then learn the next lesson… Equally, if you want to attend a Marathon race, in the daily practice, you’d better practice by jogging beginning 10kilometers, then you can add the distance periodically until you can finish a marathon of 42 kilometers.

Third, spending more time every day to practice is the key of success. You must make a schedule and insist in doing it. Don’t let a lot of learning resources delay the practice time. It seems that we sometimes hold many books, but don’t practice using hands-on exercises. In this way, learning not only doesn’t have effect, but also increase the mental fatigue.

Finally, you must eliminate the obstacle distracting your attention, such as the mobile phone, TV Programs, and other games. When you practice, you must pay for your whole heart to do it. Over time, you can achieve remarkable results.

In conclusion, in my opinion, if you want to learn a skill, you will experience some worse days. So long as you can spend the hard time, you could have realized the intended dream. As we know, the theory is simple, but the practice tends to be difficult. I’d like to stress that you can learn a skill within 20hour, but it doesn’t mean that you have a good command of the skill. Based on a study, if you want to master a skill, you need to know how to do “10,000 hours of deliberate practice”.