So the first step to a quicker skill acquisition is to choose something that you are excited about, we must stop doing things that don't catch our interest. If you're curious about something, go try it. I remember trying to learn chess, when I wasn't even interested on chess. So guess what I gave up after two days. So it's very important that you choose something that you are really interested on. The second principle is to focus your energy at one skill at a time.

So you might decide that you want to learn Photoshop, but then you start thinking about it and you are like, well, what photos Am I going to edit? I should start learning how to take better photos, but I also like to edit videos so why not also learning Adobe Premiere Pro, but what am I going to film? Well, I could learn cooking in order to feel myself cooking. Then I could add the cooking footage and posted on social media well, but I also shall learn how to market my videos on social media. And without noticing you already have a bunch of skills that you just started learning and you will basically learn none. There are many things to learn, but it's very important that you focus at one skill at a time, you have time to learn all of them, but focus on one first.

So pick one skill practice and try to reach the level you desire. And that's the third step the Find your target performance level. Because this is really important to know when you should stop practicing and learning and dedicating daily daily time to learn that skill, or when you should move on to another skill. You also should know how to deconstruct the skill into small sub skills, and that's going to be something we are going to cover here and you can use a mind map to help you on this task. The fifth step is to obtain critical tools. So this is not about having the perfect resources, but at least having some of the things you might need to help you on your journey.

And also remember to remove the barriers that are stopping you from progressing. Those can be your negative thoughts, so make sure you deal with them. The seventh principle is, it might be one of the most important it is to make time for your practice. So stablish how much time you want to learn a new skill every day. You are the one deciding the amount of time you want, and then commit yourself to doing it every day. Put it on your schedule, and don't skip it.

So the comedian Seinfeld decided that he wanted to become a better comedian. And early on in his career, he would mark up his calendar with a huge x every single time he wrote a joke, so he had to write one joke per day. And by doing that practice, by keeping that habit, he became one of the best comedians in the world. You can level up your skill level, if you just commit yourself to practicing every single day, the other thing you should do is to create fast feedback loops. So you try to evaluate your accomplishments. And then you see if you're making progress or not.

And if you're not, you must change your approach. Also remember to practice in short bursts. So focus your attention for a small period of time. But during that period of time you give your full attention and also your energy to practice in SQL, the 10th step is to emphasize quantity and speed. So if you want to learn a new skill quickly, you have to combine both learning speed by eliminating unnecessary steps and also the amount of time you put into practicing. So in the beginning, kind of frigid, a little bit the quality because the first things you're going to put on won't be very good, right?

Because you're just learning and expect that and the last principle is sleep. Studies have shown that sleep plays a huge role on learning and new skill. So when you are sleeping your brain removes some useless information and reinforces the things that you want to learn. So when you learn something during the day and you sleep well at night, your brain stronger the connections into neural pathways in your brain. Also, lack of sleep means less concentration, less focus less energy, so make sure you have a good night of sleep in order to learn a new skill quicker