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How To Learn Anything
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Learning a new skill is exciting. But learning how to learn is a skill that we’re never really taught. This is a real tragedy and one that hasn’t gone unnoticed.
There are plenty of self-help gurus with courses designed to help you learn how to learn. But there’s a lot of noise in this space, in my opinion. A lot of fluff. I want to cut through that noise.
There’s really only one thing you need to know.
The Key To Learning Anything: The Repetition–Refinement Feedback Loop
One of the biggest myths about learning is the so-called 10,000-hour rule. This “rule” states that you need to accumulate approximately 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to become an expert in something. The idea is based on research by Swedish psychologist K. Anders Ericsson, who found that top performers — think chess grandmasters and musical virtuosos — trained for at least 10,000 hours before winning their first international competition.
The 10,000-hour rule was popularized by author Malcolm Gladwell in his 2007 book Outliers: The Story of Success.Author and business coach Josh Kaufman observed that a “society-wide game of telephone” began with this book. What started as a statement about top…
