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Learn Anything in 20 Hours with This Four Step Method
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With just 20 hours of focused, deliberate practice, you can go from knowing absolutely nothing to performing noticeably well. That’s the message from Josh Kaufman, author of The First 20 Hours. In the video above, he reveals the four steps to learning any new skill, fast. It’s a long, 20-minute TEDx Talk, but entertaining and enlightening too. The four steps in Kaufman’s method are: Deconstruct...

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Creative People Say No
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A Hungarian psychology professor once wrote to famous creators asking them to be interviewed for a book he was writing. One of the most interesting things about his project was how many people said “no.” Management writer Peter Drucker: “One of the secrets of productivity (in which I believe whereas I do not believe in creativity) is to have a VERY BIG waste paper...

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What multitasking does to our brains
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We all know this and have heard it hundreds of times. To work efficiently we have to single task. No multitasking.And yet, we let it slip. We end up eating lunch in front of the TV with our laptop open. We browse Twitter and Facebook, whilst sending emails, and chatting in multiple Gchat windows too. When really we should be focusing on just that...

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10 Ways to Overcome Creativity’s No.1 Crusher
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“The worst enemy of creativity is self-doubt,” wrote Sylvia Plath in her journal. And she couldn’t have been more accurate. Self-doubt can persuade us to stop creating or keep us from sending our work out into the world. It can be so influential that it colors how we see ourselves, ensuring we don’t pick up a pen, paintbrush, camera or other tool for decades....

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Geeks from all around the world… read and learn…
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A hobbyist programmer proposed to his lady by creating an old-school Final Fantasy-style RPG where each boss dropped the keys to his heart. When it comes to marriage proposals, some people really go all out to create a memorable experience. One such is Alex Marchak. As both he and his lady love gaming — and since Marchak likes to tool around with programming in...

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Don’t Be Afraid of a Pencil
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“Oh, I can’t draw.” This is invariably the thing I hear when I’m having a conversation with someone, probably in a work context, and probably with someone who’s trying to explain to me how something would work in their head that we’re going to try and build together. It’s what I hear when I ask them if they could sketch out the idea they’re...

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