Learn Any Skill Using Your Brain’s Ability To Change — Neuroplasticity

Your brain has the ability to change itself.

In neuroscience, they call this Neuroplasticity.

You can literally get good at anything you want.

Writing.
Piano.
Painting.
Digital Arts.
Coding.
You name it.

But there is a problem.

Initially, you need to go through a tedious, boring, and difficult phase.

During this phase, your brain will be making new connections to make you good at the skill you’re trying to acquire.

To give you an example:

Let’s say you’ve never written a single word in your entire life and you’ve decided to get good at writing.

Initially, you’ll struggle to write. 

You’ll have no idea what to write or how to even begin.

You’ll doubt whether what you’re doing is right.

You’ll wonder if this is how it feels for everyone when they sit down to write.

You’ll come up with excuses like, “Maybe people who write are naturally talented”, “Maybe writing is not my thing.”

You’ll write a sentence and delete it immediately, thinking it is not “perfect”.

When this happens, most people quit. 

They give up the idea of getting good at writing and move on to doing what they were doing.

But do you know what happens if you push through all these difficulties?

Your brain starts rewiring itself to make you good at writing. 

Here is what happens:

You sit down to write.
You don’t know what to write.
But you’re not giving up.

You’re staring at the blank screen.
Time is passing away.
But you’re not moving away from your laptop.

You’re feeling the pressure.
It is getting uncomfortable.
But you’re closing your laptop to scroll on Instagram.

You’re trying.
You’re fight.
You’re rewiring.

(I was not trying to write a poem😅).

When you do this, when you refuse to give up because it is difficult, that’s when your brain starts making connections.

But if you give up, your brain will not make any connections, and you’ll not get good at anything.

Now, you might have a question.

How long I should endure this difficulty?

100 hours.

The first 100 hours of learning a skill are the hardest. 

After 100 hours, you won’t become a master at the skill, but you’ll no longer feel the difficulty.

Learning it becomes far easier than before. 

Once it becomes easy, you’ll be able to learn faster and make progress at a pace you never imagined in the beginning.

Here is something you should try:

Decided what skill you want to acquire.

Every day, track how many hours you’re spending learning that skill.

And don’t even think about quitting until you spend 100 hours learning that skill.

Hope it was helpful.

See you again.


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