Practice becomes deliberate when you are doing most of these things: 1. Measuring performance to figure out where improvement is needed 2. Breaking down the a

Practice becomes deliberate when you are doing most of these things: 1. Measuring performance to figure out where improvement is needed 2. Breaking down the activity into discrete sub-skills and focusing on improving in specific areas 3. Finding outside guidance to figure out what you don't know you don't know 4. Resisting frustration that inevitably comes from not being skilled at first I'm sure there are more aspects to it, but in general deliberate practice means optimizing your practice for ROI on time.