It's not true, and thank goodness it's not true.

這不是真的，幸好不是真的。

It's about 20 hours, not 10,000.

大約是 20 個小時，而不是 10,000 個小時。

How do we learn?

我們如何學習？

How do we learn things quickly?

我們如何快速學習？

How do we learn things in a way that allows us to go from knowing absolutely nothing about a skill to being really good in a very short period of time?

我們該如何學習，才能在很短的時間內，從對某項技能一無所知到真正精通？

There's one idea that keeps coming up over and over and over again.

有一個想法總是反覆出現。

The 10,000 hour rule.

一萬小時法則

It takes 10,000 hours to learn something.

學習需要一萬個小時。

It's not true, and thank goodness it's not true.

這不是真的，幸好不是真的。

The order of magnitude of going from knowing absolutely nothing to being really good and knowing that you're good is about 20 hours, not 10,000.

從什麼都不懂到真正精通並知道自己精通的數量級大約是 20 個小時，而不是 10,000 個小時。

And the method, very broadly, has five steps, and they're very simple.

這個方法大致有五個步驟，非常簡單。

The first is decide exactly what you want.

首先要確定自己到底想要什麼。

What do you want to be able to do?

你想做什麼？

What is it going to look like when you're done?

完成後會是什麼樣子？

What are you going to be able to look at yourself and say, I did this thing that I've always wanted to do.

你將如何審視自己，說 "我做了我一直想做的事"？

What does it look like?

它看起來像什麼？

The more clearly and completely you're able to define exactly what you want to be able to do, the easier it will be for you to find ways to accomplish that desired end result as quickly and efficiently as possible.

你能越清楚、越完整地確定自己想要做什麼，你就越容易找到方法，儘可能快速、高效地實現理想的最終結果。

The second thing that you do is what I call deconstructing the skill.

你要做的第二件事就是我所說的 "解構技能"。

So most of the things that we think of as skills aren't really just one skill.

是以，大多數我們認為的技能其實並不只是一種技能。

They're bundles of smaller sub-skills that we use in combination with each other.

它們是由更小的子技能組成的技能包，我們將它們相互結合起來使用。

So imagine a skill like golf.

是以，想象一下像高爾夫這樣的技能。

Driving off the tee and chipping on the green have very little to do in combination with each other.

發球臺上的開球和果嶺上的切球幾乎沒有什麼聯繫。

Very few skills overlap there, but they're both important if you want to be able to play golf well.

很少有技能是重疊的，但如果你想打好高爾夫，它們都很重要。

So instead of trying to learn golf as a global skill, you break it apart into these smaller parts and you practice the most important sub-skills, the things that you're going to use most, first.

是以，與其把高爾夫作為一項整體技能來學習，不如把它拆抽成幾個小部分，先練習最重要的子技能，也就是最常用的技能。

Now, the third part is researching.

現在，第三部分是研究。

Researching just enough that you're able to identify the most important sub-skills, but also understanding and being able to self-correct as you're practicing.

研究的內容要足夠多，這樣才能確定最重要的子技能，同時還要了解並能夠在練習時自我糾正。

So go out and find three to five books, courses, DVDs, trainers, people or resources that can help you do that initial deconstruction and understand which are the sub-skills that are going to help you get as good as you possibly can as quickly as possible.

是以，出去找三到五本書、課程、DVD、培訓師、人或資源，幫助你進行初步解構，瞭解哪些子技能可以幫助你儘快達到最佳狀態。

Now, the trick is, don't allow that research to become a form of procrastination in itself.

現在，訣竅在於不要讓研究本身成為一種拖延。

The best approach is to pick three, four, five resources.

最好的辦法是挑選三、四、五種資源。

You don't go through them completely.

你不會完全通過它們。

You skim them.

你略過它們。

Identify the ideas that come up over and over and over again.

找出那些反覆出現的想法。

That's a very clear indication that those concepts and those techniques are particularly important.

這清楚地表明，這些概念和技巧尤為重要。

So those are the things that you should know so that you can self-correct as you practice.

所以，這些都是你應該知道的，這樣你才能在練習時自我糾正。

And those are the sub-skills that you should probably practice first.

這些都是你應該首先練習的子技能。

The fourth part is removing barriers to practice, making it easy to sit down and actually do the thing you want to do.

第四部分是消除實踐的障礙，使人們能夠輕鬆坐下來，真正做自己想做的事情。

So in our lives, we have thousands of distractions.

是以，在我們的生活中，有成千上萬的干擾因素。

We have the television and the Internet and social media and family members and friends and all of the things in our lives that make us so busy.

我們有電視、互聯網、社交媒體、家人和朋友，生活中的一切讓我們如此忙碌。

During the practice process, turn off the TV.

在練習過程中，請關閉電視機。

Block the Internet.

封鎖互聯網。

Close the door.

關上門。

Turn off your cell phone.

關閉手機。

Remove the distractions that can take your focus away from whatever this thing that you're trying to practice is.

無論你要練習什麼，都要排除干擾，讓注意力從這件事上轉移開。

And make sure that that time that you have set aside to practice in a way that is going to make you better is as undivided and focused as possible.

確保你留出的練習時間能夠讓你變得更好，並且儘可能專注於練習。

And fifth, and very importantly, pre-commit to at least 20 hours of focused, deliberate practice before you begin.

第五，也是非常重要的一點，在開始練習之前，預先承諾進行至少 20 個小時的專注、深思熟慮的練習。

And that's really it.

就這樣。

There's no magic to it.

這並沒有什麼魔力。

It's just focused, strategic effort invested in something you care about and something that is going to be rewarding to yourself and to your life.

這只是在你所關心的事情上投入的專注的、戰略性的努力，是會給你自己和你的生活帶來回報的事情。

Learning, the process of learning is not difficult.

學習，學習的過程並不困難。

What we're doing in this process is really just removing all of the frustrations, all of the barriers, all of the things that get in the way of us sitting down and doing work. 20 hours is about 40 minutes a day, every day, for about a month.

在這個過程中，我們要做的就是消除所有的挫折、所有的障礙、所有妨礙我們坐下來工作的事情。20 個小時約等於每天 40 分鐘，每天 40 分鐘，持續一個月左右。

Even in the busiest schedules, if you can clear a half an hour to 45 minutes a day to sit down and finally learn that thing that you've always wanted to learn, you will be astounded, absolutely astounded, at how good you feel in a very short period of time.

即使在最繁忙的日程安排中，如果你能每天抽出半小時到 45 分鐘的時間坐下來，最終學會你一直想學的東西，你會驚訝地發現，在很短的時間內，你的感覺會變得如此之好，絕對是令人震驚的。