The First 20 Hours

As summer is inching closer, we will soon have more free time --kind of. And before our practice experience, learning a new skill could be useful to prepare ourselves for the unknown future.

 I found this TedX talk interesting as it describes learning something new, which is what we do at Cal anyways, but learning about something you want to master is often forgotten as we become too busy balancing our academic and social lives during the school year.

The point is, learning a new skill can be difficult.  But how long does it take to master a skill?  According to Josh Kaufman, 20 hours of deliberate practice and learning to self correct is the key to learning a new skill.  20 hours is equivalent to 45 minutes a day for about a month.  It seems doable when described in this context.