The First 20 Hours

Rapid skill acquisition has four major steps:

1. Deconstructing a skill into the smallest possible subskills;
2. Learning enough about each subskill to be able to practice intelligently and self-correct during practice;
3. Removing physical, mental, and emotional barriers that get in the way of practice;
4. Practicing the most important subskills for at least twenty hours. This time allows to overcome a frustration barrier - a period of time in which you're painfully unskilled.

More important tips:

1. Create fast feedback loops. Learn to know that you do smth wrong.
2. Imagine the opposite to the goal: control the risk. I.e. you don't want injuries doing some new sport, and take measures to avoid it: warming up, concentrating on a technique.

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