A review by mythreyiramesh
The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything...Fast by Josh Kaufman

3.0

When I read the book, I remember getting very motivated. Since I am writing the review more than a year and a half after I read it, I think it's fair to say that what I remember even now is probably what was most impactful about the book. And this biggest takeaway for me was deliberate practice (yes, obviously). Though many people seem to find the book disappointing once it moved to case studies, to me, it served the purpose of "demonstrating" that it is possible to learn new skills to a moderate extent pretty fast. As someone who loves dabbling with many things from music to art to programming, the strategy seems sound enough.