Learn a skill in 20 Hours

Adegbenga Agoro loves working with budding

entrepreneurs in the formulation of their business

strategy, brand, marketing & social media plan. He is

the Founding Partner of Crenet & Co-Founder of

QuikLinx.

Why should I be the one to tell you about this?

Self-taught;

ü  Brands Consultant

ü  Graphics & Web Designer

ü  Software Application Developer

ü  Adobe Flash Animator

A skill can be a natural talent like singing, painting or dancing. A skill can also be something you have been taught and have a great deal of experience in such as a profession like Carpentry, Nursing, or Accounting.

WHAT IS A SKILL?

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Skills can often be divided into two groups;

WHAT IS A SKILL?

Domain-General Domain-Specific

ü  Time Management ü  People Skills ü  Leadership

ü  Software Design ü  Cement Mixing ü  Storyboarding

According to Malcolm Gladwell in his book;

You need

10,000 Hours If you want to learn something new & be good at it

If you practice for 90 minutes everyday, you’ll hit 10,000 Hours in 20 Years

Let’s Backup a bit…

The data didn’t come from Malcolm Gladwell, it came from Prof. K Erickson who did studies on top expert performers

Gladwell writes about it, book is a best-seller & now everyone is saying…

10,000 Hours to become an expert

You need 10,000 Hours

to learn & become good

Skill Acquisition Graph

General known Learning Curve

You can learn any skill in the first

20 Hours

How?

1.  De-construct the skill

Decide what it is exactly you want to be able to do, then look into the skill and break it apart into smaller pieces.

2.  Learn enough to self-correct

Get 3 – 5 resources to learn just enough to correct yourself when mistakes occur

3.  Remove Practice Barriers

Get rid of anything that would be a distraction during your practice time

4.  Practice at least 20 Hours

Every skill has a Frustration Barrier

ü  Choose a loveable project ü  Define what good enough is for you ü  Get the relevant tools for learning

your chosen skill ü  Emphasize quantity & speed

40 minutes everyday for 30 days

20 Hours

The major barrier to Skill Acquisition isn’t

Intellectual

its EMOTIONAL

Monetizing your Skill  

Identify  Identify what need people will pay to have met Pin-point the skill you can use to serve that need.

Delivery  You have to decide on how you want to deliver the service CONSIDERATIONS: ü  Run it as an individual ü  Register a business

Ideas  ü  Write a book

ü  Setup a website

ü  Sell your products online

ü  Run a subscription based

course

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