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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

2669: How To Be Good Enough At Anything In 20 Hours by Terry Toh

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

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Education, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Terry Toh teaches you how to be good enough at anything in 20 hours Episode 2669: How To Be Good Enough At Anything In 20 Hours by Terry Toh As a certified coach practitioner, Terry’s job is to help you be aware of your beliefs and behaviour so that you can shape them to live the life you want. By giving you a safe space to express your thoughts, he will help you re-examine your life with fresh eyes and help you figure out how to make it feel exciting and meaningful about it all over again and more. The original post is located here: https://talktoterry.co/how-to-be-good-enough-at-anything-in-20-hours/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalLivingDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is Optimal Living Daily episode 2669.

0:04.0

How to be good enough at anything in 20 hours by Terry Toe of TalkToTerry.co.

0:10.4

And I'm Justin Malik.

0:11.4

We're going to jump right into today's article as we optimize your life.

0:19.6

How to be good enough at anything in 20 hours by Terry Toe of TalkToTerry.co.

0:27.4

One was the last time you got reasonably good at something new for the first time.

0:32.0

I'm no master chef, but in the past few months, I've been learning how to cook the perfect

0:36.7

medium rare rib-eye steak.

0:39.3

Unlike Gordon Ramsay, I didn't spend 10,000 hours in the fiery kitchens of London and

0:43.6

France, but I managed to get a respectable crust on a succulent, juicy slab of beef.

0:50.1

In this article, I'm going to share my perspective on the concept of the 10,000 hour rule to

0:55.0

mastering any skill, and why we probably don't need that long to get reasonably well at

0:59.8

anything new in reality.

1:02.6

The 10,000 hour rule.

1:04.8

Go out on the streets and ask anyone about the 10,000 hour rule, many of them would probably

1:09.2

have heard about it.

1:10.6

But are you aware that it is a misinterpretation of research?

1:15.3

The research in question was first published in 1993 by Kay Anderson, a psychologist from

1:21.2

Florida State University.

1:22.9

It was then later popularized by Malcolm Gladwell in his 2008 bestselling book Outliers.

1:30.0

Essentially, it's the notion that we need at least 10,000 hours of deliberate practice

1:36.2

to become an expert or master performer in any given field.

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