Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement 2669: How To Be Good Enough At Anything In 20 Hours by Terry Toh
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Feb 22, 2023 AI Snips
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Cooking Steak Anecdote
- Terry Toh shares his experience learning to cook a perfect medium rare ribeye steak.
- He contrasts this with the extreme 10,000 hours often cited for mastery, showing faster progress is possible.
Rethinking the 10,000-Hour Rule
- The 10,000-hour rule is a misinterpretation of research and the number is arbitrary.
- You only need many hours for expert mastery, but just 20 hours can get you good enough for practical use.
Four Steps to Rapid Skill Acquisition
- Follow four steps: deconstruct the skill, learn enough to self-correct, remove practice barriers, and commit to 20 hours of practice.
- These steps help you become reasonably good quickly without overwhelming effort.