Back in December I stumbled across an article on Forbes.com called Josh Kaufman: It Takes 20 Hours Not 10,000 Hours To Learn A Skill. It sound like a gimmick, but I decided to take a closer look.

Many may find some of the suggestions obvious, but there are opportunities here to examine David Allen's Getting Things Done method, ideas about learning, and why we sometimes fail at new pursuits.

Bumper Music:

"So Fresh, So Clean" (Instrumental) Outkast

Look Closer:

Josh Kaufman: It Takes 20 Hours Not 10,000 Hours To Learn A Skill - http://www.forbes.com/sites/danschawbel/2013/05/30/josh-kaufman-it-takes-20-hours-not-10000-hours-to-learn-a-skill/

first 20 hours -- how to learn anything: Josh Kaufman at TEDxCSU - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MgBikgcWnY

Outliers (Book) by Malcolm Gladwell - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outliers_%28book%29