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As I mentioned in another comment, the difference between this and the "common sense" approach is in what this system does not do.
As for what the 20% of this system that gives you the most bang for your buck? That's a good question. Right now my "safe" answer is that it's dependent on the type of skill you're trying to learn. The trouble is that the common threads among all the skills ("Find the 20% of the skill that yields 80% of the results") doesn't have a lot of practical value. Like telling someone that all they need to do to lose weight is eat less and exercise more.
Let me think about it some more and I'll get back to you.
So, after some cursory thought, naturally the part of the system that gives you the most bang for your buck are the first 4 steps. The last 3 steps are designed to help you improve, which is a much slower process than just learning the basics.
So, now to figure out how to recursively apply the the skill of learning a skill quickly to the skill "learning skills quickly".
Okay, so I made a significant revision of the post. The original ideas are all there, just written in a much less obtuse manner.