For the most part, ignition is something that comes from within the learner and you can’t manufacture or force it, or try to make yourself or anyone else feel it. It feels like it happens to you. You see or hear something, it feels great and you have an unconscious and mysterious compulsion to learn more about it.

Does the skill that you’ve chosen to develop naturally ignite you?

• What makes you smile spontaneously?
• What are you doing when you lose track of time?
• What do you tend to choose to do in your spare time?
• What are you doing when you feel strong and free?
• What are you doing when you have high energy and clear thinking?

If the skill you’re wanting to work on is the answer to these questions, then go for it and commit to deep practicing this skill. Your answers to these questions will point you in the direction of the tasks and skills that naturally ignite you and those are the tasks and skills worth deep practicing.

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.