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Life as an entrepreneur shouldn’t just be about closing deals and business every day. It would help if you remembered your life outside of being an entrepreneur. The more fulfilling your life is out of entrepreneurship, the happier you become as an entrepreneur.
With that in mind, here are eight hobbies worth pursuing as an entrepreneur that can positively influence your entrepreneurship as well.
1. Reading
There’s a reason why the “entrepreneur aesthetic” often has bookcases filled to the brim with books that you can see in many of those generic entrepreneur motivational posts.
Reading encourages anyone to sharpen one’s critical thinking skills.
Entrepreneurs who regularly read develop the ability to analyze complex situations, identify patterns, and think creatively when problem-solving. It’s like an exercise that helps flex one’s intellectual agility.
Another reason why reading is a great hobby is that those who read more often are open to being a learner at all times. By consistently reading books written by successful entrepreneurs or industry experts, aspiring business leaders can stay ahead of the curve and anticipate market shifts.
Lastly, reading promotes self-reflection and personal development. Through introspective literature or self-help books tailored for entrepreneurs’ growth mindset, individuals can gain clarity on their values, strengths, and weaknesses and develop strategies to maximize their potential.
2. Playing musical instruments
Playing musical instruments as a hobby can profoundly impact one’s entrepreneurial success. Engaging in this creative pursuit brings joy and fulfillment and cultivates valuable skills and mindsets essential for thriving in the business world.
Since you’re just starting, you don’t have to get the more expensive instruments. Get the beginner alternatives first, like these Beginner Flutes, if that’s an instrument you want to study.
The benefits of playing a musical instrument as a beginner are learning to live with frustration, adapt, and persevere. You won’t make any music when you’re learning a new device. It’s more of studying muscle memory, which can be frustrating.
However, as you persevere with it, you learn patience with yourself and when you’re learning a new skill, which is crucial for an entrepreneur that only has themself to rely on most of the time.
3. Traveling and photography
Another hobby worth cultivating as an entrepreneur would be travelling and travel photography to go with it.
Travelling is an excellent outlet for relaxation and personal enjoyment. It would be best to use your time away as what it is, but that doesn’t mean that travelling won’t serve as a wellspring of inspiration and valuable experiences that you can bring back to your entrepreneurship.
If you’re not just staying in a hotel and having a tour guide, it’s a great way to learn to adapt and navigate situations outside your comfort zone.
On the other hand, photography as a hobby is great while travelling, but it also helps cultivate an eye for detail while learning storytelling skills through imagery alone.
This skill is beneficial in branding, marketing campaigns, and creating compelling narratives that resonate with your clientele.
4. Endurance competitions
Many entrepreneurs are fond of doing physical activities as hobbies. If you want to push the limits of your body, then signing up to complete an endurance competition could be an exciting and appealing hobby for you.
The thing about joining these endurance competitions is that you must condition your body to do this. Otherwise, you could be jumping into the deep end way too fast.
Also, this hobby is more of a lifestyle change since you’ll have to do your body conditioning often to thrive once competition day starts.
If you complete one, you can feel that sense of accomplishment and a sense that you better understand your body’s capabilities.
5. Solving puzzles
If you’re more of a homebody or want mental exercises as a hobby, consider getting into puzzle-solving. This hobby can come in the form of you building your traditional jigsaw puzzle, or you can get into the genre of video games with lots of mysteries that increase in difficulty as you level up.
No matter what format you want your puzzles to come in, you already do puzzle-solving as an entrepreneur, so keeping your mind sharp with puzzles can be an excellent hobby.
6. Practicing yoga
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A hobby that is both physically helpful and mentally invigorating is yoga. If you’re going to practice yoga, it’s a good idea to incorporate the meditation part into your routine as well.
Meditation helps ensure that you have a clear mind to start your day (or end it), and the exercises help keep you limber, especially when you’re at your desk for a good number of hours.
7. Rock climbing
A unique hobby that also involves physical activity would be rock climbing. If you like the mental and physical exercise, it gives you and the social aspect of joining a rock climbing gym, this is a great choice.
You can interact with people in the rock-climbing community since you need that if you want to get into this hobby. Aside from that, climbing requires puzzle-solving skills and figuring out the next best step for you to rise.
8. Collecting items
Not all hobbies have to be about self-development. Some can be for your enjoyment, but even then, they can lead to you learning deeply about a particularly niche thing. One such hobby would be collecting.
Some people collect figurines; others collect luxury items, but no matter what, as long as it’s something you enjoy, it’s a worthwhile hobby.
Conclusion
These hobbies can bring enjoyment to your life and may even help you develop skills you didn’t have before. Consider adding these into your lifestyle so that you can have a complete way of life to bring into your entrepreneurship and make you better at it.