I disagree with Roo"s notion that practice will take you to a proficient level in any skill.
Practice will take you to the top level of your skill, but you have to have the talent in the first place - practice will develop your skill, but it won't create it.
I had a friend who worshipped the progressive guitarist Jan Akkerman and he read that Akkerman practised guitar for eight hours a day.
My friend practised eight hours a day for two years, fitting it around a full-time factory job - and he didn't improve one iota.
The hours he put in would have made him a seriously good musician, if he had had the talent in the first place to develop. He didn't.