The 5-Hour Rule To Excel At Any Skill
Have you ever heard of the “Five Hour Rule” for learning?
What is the 5-hour Rule?
The 5-hour rule is a success strategy where you invest approximately one hour per weekday to deliberate learning.
The term was coined by Michael Simmons, who was inspired by Benjamin Franklin’s weekly routine.
Highly successful people such as Warren Buffett, Martin Eberhard, Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey engage in their own versions of this “rule”, allowing them to fully absorb and truly learn and embrace whatever they are focusing on.
The core concept of the 5-hour rule is to create space in your day for learning, practicing, ruminating, experimentation and problem solving.
So what would it look like to make the five-hour rule?
Create Space just for learning. This includes activities such as reading, learning a new language, having conversations with new people, participating in a mastermind, taking a class, etc.
Plan out the learning (daily, weekly, monthly). Doing so will allow you to think carefully about what you want to learn. You shouldn’t just have goals for what you want to accomplish. You must also have goals for what we want to learn.
Hope this helps!
