Learn a skill in 20 Hours
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Adegbenga Agoro is an expert in developing business strategies and marketing plans for emerging entrepreneurs, co-founding companies like Crenet and Quiklinx. He explains that skill acquisition requires approximately 10,000 hours of practice, advocating for a focused approach to learning new skills based on breaking them down into manageable parts. Agoro also emphasizes the importance of monetizing skills by identifying market needs and various delivery methods.
Learn a skill in 20 Hours
- 2. Adegbenga Agoro loves working with budding entrepreneurs in the formulation of their business strategy, brand, marketing & social media plan. He is the Founding Partner of Crenet & Co-Founder of QuikLinx. Why should I be the one to tell you about this? Self-taught; ü Brands Consultant ü Graphics & Web Designer ü Software Application Developer ü Adobe Flash Animator
- 4. A skill can be a natural talent like singing, painting or dancing. A skill can also be something you have been taught and have a great deal of experience in such as a profession like Carpentry, Nursing, or Accounting. WHAT IS A SKILL? “ “
- 5. Skills can often be divided into two groups; WHAT IS A SKILL? Domain-General Domain-Specific ü Time Management ü People Skills ü Leadership ü Software Design ü Cement Mixing ü Storyboarding
- 7. According to Malcolm Gladwell in his book; You need 10,000 Hours If you want to learn something new & be good at it
- 8. If you practice for 90 minutes everyday, you’ll hit 10,000 Hours in 20 Years
- 9. Let’s Backup a bit… The data didn’t come from Malcolm Gladwell, it came from Prof. K Erickson who did studies on top expert performers Gladwell writes about it, book is a best-seller & now everyone is saying… 10,000 Hours to become an expert You need 10,000 Hours to learn & become good
- 12. General known Learning Curve
- 13. You can learn any skill in the first 20 Hours
- 14. How?
- 15. 1. De-construct the skill Decide what it is exactly you want to be able to do, then look into the skill and break it apart into smaller pieces.
- 16. 2. Learn enough to self-correct Get 3 – 5 resources to learn just enough to correct yourself when mistakes occur
- 17. 3. Remove Practice Barriers Get rid of anything that would be a distraction during your practice time
- 18. 4. Practice at least 20 Hours Every skill has a Frustration Barrier
- 19. ü Choose a loveable project ü Define what good enough is for you ü Get the relevant tools for learning your chosen skill ü Emphasize quantity & speed
- 20. 40 minutes everyday for 30 days 20 Hours
- 21. The major barrier to Skill Acquisition isn’t Intellectual its EMOTIONAL
- 23. Identify Identify what need people will pay to have met Pin-point the skill you can use to serve that need.
- 24. Delivery You have to decide on how you want to deliver the service CONSIDERATIONS: ü Run it as an individual ü Register a business
- 25. Ideas ü Write a book ü Setup a website ü Sell your products online ü Run a subscription based course
- 26. Got Questions
- 27. Connect with me http://fb.com/adegbengaagoro http://twitter.com/adegbengaagoro.com engageme@adegbengaagoro.com http://www.adegbengaagoro.com