What Is The Importance Of Learning To Learn A Lot Of Time By Jah Kaufman

What if I told you 20 hours is all it takes to learn something new. Not a lot of time, wouldn’t you agree? Josh Kaufman states in his Ted talk called The first 20 hours that with “45 minutes a day for about a month” one can go from being completely incompetent to the point where once you complete your 20 hours of practicing you will be amazed with the results (9:13). Josh Kaufman believes that with his 4 steps one can learn anything. He formulated this method with intensive research. Through Kaufman method my eyes opened up and realized the endless amounts of possibilities that can be amounted to. Want to learn a new language? Go for it. Want to learn how to cook? Why not. The possibilities are endless and the great thing is if you didn’t catch it at first is that all you need is 20 hours. Yes, 20 hours which can easily be Brocken up to 45 minutes a day for about a month and even having some days off. In Using Josh Kaufman 4 step method effectively, one can learn how to play the game of basketball. The idea of learning a new skill can be overwhelming. Learning, in the way that humans can, is one of the fundamental ways that set us apart from all other species on Earth. Skills acquisition is one of those kinds of learning that we do really well, and many of us want to do more of, better and faster. Through Kaufman research all he could find was that it takes 10,000 hours to learn something new. Professor K. Ander Erikson is the creature of the 10,000-hour rule. The 10,000-hour rule came out of studies at expert level performance. He studied the people at the top of their ultra-competitive field. Then Author Malcom Glad-well in 2007 came out with a book and Kaufman states that “the central piece of that book was the 10,000-hour rule. practice a lot, practice well, and you will do extremely well, you reach the top of your field” (5:23). The book was an instant hit and reached the number one best seller list for three months. Shortly through this period Kaufman acknowledges that “A society wide game of telephone broke out” (5:54). It became that it takes 10,000 hours to learn something and “The message Dr. Anderson Erickson was actually saying is that it takes 10,000 hours to get to the top of competitive field in a very narrow subject” (5:40). The first step in Josh Kaufman’s method is to deconstruct the skill which is basketball and set your own target performance level. It’s whatever you decide is attractive, desirable, and reasonable. It has nothing at all to do with what other people think, or how good other people might be. What’s important to you? Your target performance level doesn’t have to be your final destination, it’s just your first stop and a waypoint along the path. It’s a marker that lets you set a direction, as well measure your progress. If you don’t know what you want, it’s impossible to get started in any meaningful way. Basketball is a big bundles of skills and we have to decide what are the parts of the skill we actually need to get where we want to be. Kaufman believes “If you practice the most important things first, you 'll be able to improve your performances in the least amount of time possible” (9:40). …show more content…
Kaufman suggest to “Get three to five resource about the topic” which is basketball in this case (10:35). This is important so you know the right way to do the skills and efficiently. You want to learn just enough about basketball so you can self-correct as you practice the game (10:30). Sit down and actual watch NBA/college games and see how the pros do it. You will be building your basketball IQ. Basketball IQ is a player’s ability to limit mistakes. The more you build your basketball IQ, the game will become easier and one will be able to make the right play at the right time without forcing it. You will start to see and react to things faster. With great basketball IQ you’ll play with poise and understand the tempo. You will be able to take what the game gives you and make the most of each