How To Learn Any Skill
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Improvement in any skill requires consistent practice, effort, and time, contrary to the common belief that some people are naturally gifted. Success typically stems from intentional learning and determination rather than innate ability or luck. By clearly identifying desired skills and committing to the necessary work, individuals can achieve their goals.
How To Learn Any Skill
- 2. If you want to get better at anything, you need to practice.
- 3. This seems obvious, but many times we misunderstand this.
- 4. For example, if you were to see some guy walking down the street that was absolutely ripped, with very little body fat, you'd make some assumptions.
- 5. One is that he spends a LOT of his time in the gym. Two is that he's very careful about what he eats.
- 6. Sometimes though, when we see somebody that's good at something, we assume they've always been good, or at least gifted.
- 7. When we see popular musicians, for example, we don't automatically imagine all the time they spent learning their instruments, writing and rewriting their songs, and rehearsing them over and over.
- 8. Some of us assume they just picked up a guitar one day, and started jamming without effort.
- 9. One thing we almost never consider is something like interpersonal skills.
- 10. Meaning if we see somebody that's really friendly and outgoing, a natural conversationalist, we assume they've always been like that.
- 11. Or if they weren't they learned some hidden "secret" that suddenly flipped a switch in their brain, turning them from a shy introvert to a charismatic and persuasive extrovert.
- 12. Sure, there are people who were lucky enough to have a super supportive family life growing up, wonderful teachers, fantastic friends, and their whole lives the stars aligned in their favor to make them a super natural when they grew up.
- 13. But most of the time, they've got those skills simply because they decided, at one point, that they wanted them. Then they got busy getting them.
- 14. Which is both good news AND bad news at the same time.
- 15. It's good news because you really CAN do anything you want, if only you want it enough.
- 16. It's bad news because there really is only one way to get it. Practice. Effort. Time.
- 17. Three things most people treat like superman treats kryptonite.
- 18. But if you can identify what you want, and describe it clearly enough, you WILL get it.
- 19. If you want to bake a cake, it will take a little practice, effort and time.
- 20. But once you get started, the outcome is absolutely certain.
- 22. Nobody ever expects to put chocolate cake batter in the oven only to find a pile of broccoli thirty minutes later.
- 23. What do you want?
- 24. What skills would you like have? One year from now? Five years from now? Ten years from now?
- 25. If you are willing to do the work, you WILL get the results.