7 Ways Entrepreneurship Helps You Be a Better . . . Anything

1. Critical thinking

There's no application that doesn't demand at least some level of critical thinking. Being able to spot and compensate for your own biases, analyze the roots of various problems and discover alternative perspectives on certain subjects can help you address issues more thoroughly, and make smarter plans for future development.

2. Creativity

Entrepreneurship also forces you to be creative. While you can't force creativity, you can practice it -- and the more time you spend generating creative thoughts, the better and faster you'll be at doing it in a practical environment.

It could help you in a creative hobby, like painting or photography, or give you fuel for professional visions like marketing campaigns -- or maybe even another business in the future.

3. Adversity

Entrepreneurship is rife with hard times. The strategies you thought were brilliant (and, hypothetically, perfect) may not work nearly as well as you thought they would, or you may reach a point where your finances are stretched so thin that you have to consider closing up shop.

4. Independence

As the founder of a business, you'll be in charge of all the decisions. You're the ultimate source for accountability, and you're the one who makes the rules. At first, this will be both exciting and intimidating, but as you become more familiar with your role, you'll start to accept that level of independence and direction as fundamental to your being.

5. Management

It doesn't take long to realize how much entrepreneurship demands. You'll be spending countless hours working on your ideas, and managing full teams of people (not to mention partner, vendor and client relationships).

6. Personal branding

Spending time at the helm of your company, you'll have the chance to develop your personal brand. You'll get some press coverage as the "face" of your organization, you'll attract more followers to your social accounts and you'll likely have the opportunity to publish more content under your name.

7. Connection

Even if you don't consider yourself a social butterfly, you'll gain from adding connections to your network. Entrepreneurship gives you a good excuse to find and retain those connections. You'll have greater access to employers, mentors, employees and teachers, but also hobbyists and specialists, whom you may call upon for personal projects, as well. Just be sure to keep in touch even after your stint as entrepreneur.

Entrepreneurship is an unparalleled experience that offers a diverse range of opportunities for improvement, opportunities that are accessible to just about anyone.

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