7 Ways To Practice Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is a contact sport. It cannot be learned from a book or in a classroom. The skills which underlie entrepreneurship are largely learned first-hand, through trial and error.

However, you do not need to start a business to begin exercising your entrepreneurial muscles. There are a number of tasks you can perform that will allow you to train in the art of entrepreneurship while you are in school or working at a large organization.

The key to effective rehearsing is to first establish the goals you want to achieve. If you don’t know which specific skills you want to improve, you will only get better them by accident.

The following seven activities allow you to hone your entrepreneurial skill set, without going all in on a particular venture. Focus on the exercises that make you the most uncomfortable, rather than expending energy enhancing your strengths.

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By John Greathouse, Forbes