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The First 20 Hours

by Josh Kaufman

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Indexed Notes by Topic

Growth Mindset

Insights:

  1. People with a growth mindset believe that skill grows with practice and persistence.
  2. Research shows that the human brain physically changes with practice (plasticity).

Opportunity Cost

Insights:

  1. Too much education and credential building can actually prevent real skill acquisition, since the time spent to study something in theory takes away from the time that could be spent building experience or practically applying skills.