And a coupleweeksintothisamazingexperience, whenthesleepdeprivationreallykickedin, likearoundweekeight, I hadthisthought, anditwasthesamethoughtthatparentsacrosstheages, internationally, everybodyhashadthisthought, whichis, I amnevergoingtohavefreetimeeveragain.
EversinceOutlierscameout, immediatelycameout, reachedthetopofthebestsellerlist, stayedthereforthreesolidmonths, allof a sudden, the 10,000-hourrulewaseverywhere.
Sowhattheresearchactuallysays, if I spent a lotoftimehereattheCSUlibraryinthecognitivepsychologystacks, because I'm a geek, andwhenyouactuallylookatthestudiesofskillacquisition, youseeoverandoverandover a graphlikethis.
Nowresearchers, whetherthey'restudying a motorskill, somethingyoudophysicallyor a mentalskill, theyliketostudythingsthattheycantime, becauseyoucanquantifythat, right?
Sothey'llgiveresearchparticipants a littletask, somethingthatrequiresphysicalarrangementorsomethingthatrequireslearning a littlementaltrick, andthey'lltimehowlong a participanttakestocompletetheskill.
Themoreyoucanbreakaparttheskill, themoreyou'reabletodecidewhatarethepartsoftheskillthatwillactuallyhelpmegettowhat I want, andthenyoucanpracticethosefirst.
Andthemoreyou'reabletousejust a littlebitofwillpowertoremovethedistractionsthatarekeepingyoufrompracticing, themorelikelyyouaretoactuallysitdownandpractice, right?
Nowoneofthethingswhen I wasreadytoactuallystartpracticingwas I lookedinonlinedatabasesandsongbooksforhowtoplaysongs, andtheysay, okay, ukuleles, youcanplaymorethanonestringat a time, soyoucanplaychords, that's cool, you'reaccompanyingyourself, yayyou.
ウクレレは一度に複数の弦を弾くことができるので、コードを弾くことができる。
Andwhen I startedlookingatsongs, I hadanukulelechordbookthathadlikehundredsofchords.
そして曲を探し始めたとき、何百ものコードが載っているウクレレのコードブックを持っていた。
I waslookingatthisthing, like, whoa, that's intimidating.