Deliberate practice is a highly structured activity with the specific goal of improving performance. The work of K Anders Erickson, Malcom Gladwell, Geoff Colvin, Matthew Syed and Cal Newport among others focus on the importance of deliberate practice in improving performance and it is cited as the reason for many great sporting and musical achievements. My first experience of this was when as a small child I was encouraged to play the violin. My teacher suggested I practice for one hour a day. The screeching and scraping of the bow across the strings led my parents to invest in ear plugs but