How to Gain a Skill in a week
Over the past decade I’ve come across many different topics/subjects, and have spent countless hours learning about them.
When I wanted to learn how to podcast I spent the next week/month/year learning about it. Same thing goes for building a computer, or putting together Lego’s in a unique way. Etc.
When there is a topic that you want to learn, it really only takes a week to get a good grasp on it. From there you can decide to pursue it, or just simply move on to the next one.
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First Decide if it is really worth learning
In order to pursue something so quickly, then you’re going to have to be really interesting IN said topic.
Ask yourself is this something that I can benefit from? Whether it is entertainment, educational, applies to a job future, a new hobby, or something of the sort.
If it doesn’t fit into those, then perhaps start off smaller than you think. Watch a couple video overviews, to tell if it is worth learning.
If it is worth learning then:
Here is one video to get you started on learning how to learn quickly.
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Set up a Plan
Now usually I just go in raw, and just do a huge google/bing search, and go crazy. However there is a more refined approach, that being focusing on certain parts.
You can usually break a skill down to three major parts, and then you can choose which part to learn first. Also you can interleave them, but which path you do depends on the skill.
Your job in this case is to learn an overview, so that you can learn what those parts are. Why they are important, and then how they work. That how part is literally learning about them.
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Take in a Swath of Information
As I said prior I do like to take in a bunch of information at once. It is like throwing everything against the wall, and seeing what sticks. For myself that is what I generally prefer to do, as during all of that you’ll end up finding the best resources.
You can then save those for further on in the week, so say there is a sub-topic that you need to learn. However you do not understand the basics well enough, then you can save it for when you do later.
From here we can take a venture onto the OmniBlog to learn more!
