Josh Kaufman: How to Learn a New Skill in 20 Hours | E107

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)

YAP Media Network

Education, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Business, Self-improvement

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Want to start a business but not sure where (or how) to start?! In today’s episode, we are talking with Josh Kaufman, best-selling author, researcher, and speaker. Josh's TEDx talk on The First 20 Hours is one of the top 25 most-viewed TED talks published to date, with over 22 million views on YouTube. His research has been featured by The New York Times, The BBC, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Fortune, Forbes, Time, BusinessWeek, Wired, Fast Company, Financial Times, HarvardBusiness.org, The World Economic Forum, Inside Higher Ed, Lifehacker, MarketWatch, The Independent, Bloomberg TV, PBS Next Avenue, CCTV, and CNN's Sanjay Gupta MD. In this episode, we chat about Josh’s first book, Personal MBA, signs to find a viable market if you are starting a business, and the characteristics that all good products/services have. We’ll also talk more about how to test out your business idea, actionable steps to decide pricing, learning curves, the aspects of rapid skills acquisition, and more. This is a jam packed episode that we made it into two parts - so make sure to catch both! Social Media: Follow YAP on IG: www.instagram.com/youngandprofiting Reach out to Hala directly at [email protected] Follow Hala on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/htaha/ Follow Hala on Instagram: www.instagram.com/yapwithhala Follow Hala on ClubHouse: @halataha Check out our website to meet the team, view show notes and transcripts: www.youngandprofiting.com Timestamps: 03:29 - Perfecting Skills in 20 Hours 10:04 - Emotions Behind Starting Something New 13:46 - What a Learning Curve Looks Like 21:31 - 4 Steps of Rapid Skill Acquisition 29:40 - How Josh’s TED Talk Changed His Life 34:39 - Premise of Josh’s New Book, How to Fight a Hydra 39:58 - Josh’s Secret to Profiting in Life Mentioned in the Episode: Josh’s Website: joshkaufman.net Josh’s First Book, Personal MBA: https://personalmba.com/ Josh’s Second Book, The First 20 Hours: https://first20hours.com/ Josh’s New Book, How to Fight a Hydra: https://howtofightahydra.com/#home Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	New Year, new me. Nah. I'm fine just the way I am. Doing the things I love. Like enjoying
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0:14.8	to enjoy more of what I love. Like switching up my usual with oat, soy, almond or coconut.
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0:27.9	last subject to availability. You're listening to YAP, Young and Profiting Podcast. A place where
0:35.0	you can listen, learn and profit. Welcome to the show. I'm your host, Halla Taha, and on Young
0:42.0	and Profiting Podcast, we investigate a new topic each week and interview some of the brightest
0:47.4	minds in the world. My goal is to turn their wisdom into actionable advice that you can use in
0:53.5	your everyday life, no matter your age, profession or industry. There's no fluff on this podcast.
0:59.8	And that's on purpose. I'm here to uncover value from my guests by doing the proper research and
1:05.8	asking the right questions. If you're new to the show, we've chatted with the likes of XFBI agents,
1:11.7	real estate moguls, self-made billionaires, CEOs, and bestselling authors. Our subject matter
1:17.6	ranges from enhancing productivity, had to gain influence, the art of entrepreneurship, and more.
1:23.6	If you're smart and like to continually improve yourself, hit the subscribe button because you'll
1:28.7	love it here at Young and Profiting Podcast. This week on YAP, we're chatting with Josh Kaufman,
1:35.0	a bestselling author, researcher, and speaker whose proven shortcuts have helped millions of
1:40.1	individuals and businesses find a way to educate themselves and reach their goals faster than
1:45.1	ever thought possible. Josh's TED Talk, the first 20 hours has been viewed over 22 million times,
1:51.4	making it one of the top 25 most viewed TED Talks published to date. His research has been featured
1:57.0	by The New York Times, the BBC, and the Wall Street Journal among many others, and he's published
2:02.1	three bestselling books along the way. The first 20 hours had to fight a Hydra and the personal
2:07.6	NBA, which is now in its 10th anniversary edition. Josh was so smart and so interesting that I ended
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