At the core of deep practice is deliberate repetition, which takes discipline, patience and persistence.

It’s easy to fall off the wagon when your practice becomes difficult, and creating a practice schedule that you commit to can help greatly with staying focused and committed.

So take some time now to create your schedule. When will your practice? Where will you practice? With whom will you practice? What skills will you schedule to practice during each session? How many repetitions will you aim for?

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.