What is the best way to master a skill?

掌握技能最好的方法是什么？

获得94.9k 好评的回答@Shobhit Bakliwal：

Jerry Seinfeld, the famous comedian , gave a surprisingly effective advice on how to master the skill you're most interested in (in his case, being a better comic).

著名喜剧演员杰瑞·宋飞给出了一个极其有效的方法，教你如何掌握一项你最感兴趣的技能（对他来说就是做一名喜剧演员）。

He said that in order to be a better comic, he had to create better jokes, and in order to create better jokes, he had to write daily.

他说为了成为一名更优秀的喜剧演员，他要创作出更好的笑话，而为了创作出更好的笑话，他每天都要写东西。

That's a pretty common advice you'd find anywhere. The thing which stood out was the way he implemented this routine.

这个建议很普通，随处可见，但其特别之处在于他践行的方式。

He asks people to get a big calendar and a marker. Each day - after you complete your task of writing - simply cross that date on the calendar. After a few days, you'll have a chain for yourself which you'd not want to break. Your only job will be to not break the chain!

他让人们准备一个大日历和一个大标识，每天完成写作任务后就把日历上那一天圈上，几天后你就对自己形成了约束，并乐在其中。你唯一需要做的就是不要打破这一束缚！

Don't break the chain!

千万不要打破这一束缚！

Want to learn how to play a guitar?

想学弹吉他？

Just play everyday for 1 hour. It doesn't matter how terrible you are in the beginning. If you practice and improve daily, you will definitely be above average in an year.

那就每天弹一小时，一开始谈得多差都无所谓，只要每天都练每天都有一点进步，那一年以后一定会达到中上水平。

Want to learn how to dance?

想学跳舞？

Karen X. Cheng learned how to dance in one year by practising everyday!

Karen X. Cheng每天练习，一年就学会了跳舞！

Want to learn website development?

想学网页开发？

Create a new website every day! Jen Dewalt made 180 Websites in 180 days which helped her learn about web development.

每天都做一个新网页！Jen Dewalt在180天内做了180个网页，学会了网页开发。

I myself have written code everyday for the past 5 years which helped me become a programmer despite not studying Computer Science in college.

过去的5年里我每天都写代码，虽然大学时没学过计算机，但这个习惯帮我成为了一名程序员。

获得1.4k好评的回答@Sunit Jain：

Practice it for 10,000 hours

练习1万小时

The key denominator is actually hard work. A lot of it, in fact. About 10,000 hours of it. That’s roughly 3 hours every day, for 10 consecutive years, before any one of them began to be defined as the ‘expert’ in their field.

关键要素其实是努力付出，真的是需要大量付出，大约需要练习这个技能1万小时，也就是每天约3小时，持续10年，然后你就能在所学领域开始被称为“专家”了。

Consider it as a leveling-up abilities:

可以把这个看作是能力升级的过程：

●at 1 hour, you know some basics

●练习1小时以后，你了解一些基础知识

●at 10 hours, you have a pretty good grasp of the basics

●练习10小时以后，你熟练掌握了这些基础知识

●at 100 hours, you are fairly expert

●练习100小时以后，你很专业了

●at 1000 hours, you are an experienced expert

●练习1000小时以后，你成了有经验的专家

●at 10000 hours, you are a master

●练习10000小时以后，你就成大师了

（翻译：菲菲）