Deep practice is hard work.

How do you feel about hard work? Does it come naturally to you? Are you patient and persistent with repetition and practice? Are you able to enjoy hard work and deep practice?

What’s the self-talk that you’ve got going on when you’re doing deep practice – is it upbeat and positive or negative, critical and whiny? How can you change your self-talk and inject more energy, positive feelings and playfulness into your practice?

“If people knew how hard I had to work to gain mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all.” – Michaelangelo

This post is an excerpt from this month’s feature: “The Bottom-line on Daniel Coyle”

For the full Bottom-line audio and transcript, workbook, author interview and set of coaching emails, check out The Bottom-line on The Talent Code.