It's very easy to learn to cook. Anybody can boil an egg or put together a simple dish which will suffice to do the job of feeding yourself or somebody else. It takes a bit more skill to bring the wow factor into cookery. It is great when somebody really appreciates a meal that has been prepared with a level of skill that has been acquired through hours of dedicated practice in the kitchen.
Learning to cook should always be an enjoyable experience. You should enjoy every aspect of cooking from the moment you decide what your menu is going to be, to when you shop for the local produce that you are going to put into the dish, right up to the time when you see those empty plates sitting on the table and the looks of satisfaction in the faces of your guests.
Learning to cook takes great patience. You must be able to wait until something is cooked properly. Many people fail in their cooking attempts because they undercook their ingredients. You can have a perfectly good dish, but if one of the ingredients is undercooked it will spoil the whole thing.
Concentration is another trait that goes into making a great chef. You must learn how to concentrate on several different processes at once, and even a male cook can learn to multitask. Finally, much of the art of how you learn to cook is in the presentation, this is where you can really use your imagination, but try to keep it neat and tidy.