무엇이든 빨리 배우는법: 20시간만 집중하기

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MgBikgcWnY

 

왜 그런 사람들 있지 않은가?

어떤 분야를 떠오르면 제일 먼저 떠오르는 그 분야를 대표하는 인물들

축구의 리오넬 메시나 농구하면 마이클 조던 뭐 그런 한 시대를 풍미했던 스포츠 스타들부터 시작해서 소프라노 조수미, 프로게이머 이영호, 지식인 조던 피터슨, 일본의 작가 무라카미 하루키 등..

한 분야의 최고의 자리에 올라 부와 명성을 쌓는 일만큼 멋진 일은 없을 것이라 생각되고, 대부분의 사람들이 그런 삶을 꿈꾼다.

 

하지만 안타깝게도 이런 재능과 노력을 모두 갖춘 특별한 사람은 참 드물고, 보통 사람인 우리들은 한 분야에 전문가가 되는 스페셜리스트의 길보단 현실에 적당히 타협하며, 얇지만 넓게 알아가는 제너럴리스트의 삶을 살아간다.

그렇지만 삶의 순간 순간 새로운 것을 배워야 하는 시기가 오고, 최고는 아니지만 일정 수준에 도달해야 되는 스킬들도 있기에 어떻게 좀 더 효율적이고 빠르게 배울 수 있을지에 대한 고민들이 많다.

 

최고가 아니다. 좀 하네? 정도의 수준에 오를려면 얼마나 걸릴까?

20시간 정도. 물론 영역에 따라 다르겠지만, 영어로 내 소개를 하거나 어제 무엇을 했는지에 대한 아주 생기초 영어회화는 가능할 것 같다.

어떻게 하면 더 효율적으로 무엇이든 20시간 내에 일정 수준에 도달할 수 있는지에 대해 알아보자! 

 

 

How long does it take to be reasonably good at something?

20 hours

If you put 20 hours of focused deliberate practice into that thing, You will be astounded.

It's 45 minutes a day for about a month.

 

4 simple steps to rapid skill acquisition

There's a way to practice efficiently, that will make sure that you invest those 20 hours in the most effective way that you possibly can.

 

The first is to 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. Most of the things that we think of as skills are actually big bundles of skills that require all sorts of different things.

the more you can break apart the skill, the more you're able to decide, what are the parts of this skill that would actually help me get to what I want? and then you can practice those first and If you practice the most important things first, you'll be able to improve your performance in the least amount of time possible. 

 

The second is to learn enough to self-correct.

Get Three to five resources about what it is you're trying to learn.

It could be books, DVDs, courses, and anything but don't use those as a way to procrastinate on practice.

What you want to do is learn just enough that you can actually practice and self-correct or self-edit as you practice.

So the learning becomes a way of getting better at noticing when you're making a mistake and then doing something a little different.

 

The third is to remove barriers to practice. 

Distractions, Television, Internet, Phones.. etc

the more you're able to use just a little bit of willpower to remove the distractions that are keeping you from practicing,

the more likely you are to actually sit down and practice. 

 

The fourth is to practice at least 20 hours. 

We don't like to feel stupid, and feeling stupid is a barrier to us actually sitting down and doing the work.

So, by pre-committing to practicing whatever it is that you want to do for at least 20 hours, you will be able to overcome that initial frustration barrier and stick with the practice long enough to actually reap the rewards.