Like always, I get amazed by TEDx´s publications. This time I watched a  relatively new video. It was about the 20 hour rule. Implemented by Josh Kaufman, an American speaker with astounding talent for learning things. She´d recently had a child, though his time was cut off.

Therefore his passion for learning was kind of thwarted by this development. Regardless of what he had to go through with his new child, he still found the time to learn this new rule. At first, he started off by geeking in the library for quite some time. He learned that it takes a 1000 hours to master any new skill.

Not to learn it though. So that he decided to go deeper in his search for answers. He dug up more precise information saying that it only takes 20 hours to learn the foundations of any new skill. This time can even be broken up for better improvement. He wanted to master the ukulele; what he did was basically divvy up his time and focus as much as he could on this goal.

Even though he didn´t actually master it, he could learn to play quite a few songs. Josh wrapped up his speech by performing on stage and saying the following: ¨ Sometimes people are scared to try new stuff. They´ll be blown away when they realize how much you can improve in such a short time¨. I wasn´t exactly quoting but you get the gist.