[keiferski]

Do a few small things daily, consistently, 365 days a year, for the next decade. E.g., learning three new words/phrases in a foreign language per day takes about 5 minutes yet adds up to over 10,000 in a decade - essentially the number it takes to pass a C1 exam.

This kind of slow steady progress is useful for virtually anything: learn foreign alphabets one letter a day, read the encyclopedia one entry a day, etc.

[elliekelly]

I took French classes from 5th grade all the way through college and could speak basically zero actual French. For maybe six months now I’ve been doing about 20-30 minutes a day using the “Fluent Forever” method and I’m already able to converse with native speakers and watch movies in French. It’s really opened my eyes to how inefficient learning “sprints” are compared to small but consistent progress.

[keiferski]

Yep, this is called the spacing effect and it’s really powerful.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacing_effect

[netsharc]

The 10000 hour rule has been debunked.. https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/8/23/20828597/th...

Like a few other Malcolm Gladwell's claims...

[keiferski]

I didn’t say anything about 10,000 hours...