There’s “learning and winning,” not “losing and winning.” While it can be easy to think you’re simply not wired with that mindset, it’s important to know that it’s not 100% an inborn trait; rather, it’s a skill that CAN be learned and practiced.

To truly develop an entrepreneurial mindset, you’ll have to be okay with a little discomfort. That means a willingness to try things outside of what you “usually do” and stretching as a person. Beyond the discomfort, you have to lean into your creativity and challenge yourself to approach things with a different perspective.

Part of entrepreneurism is doing things in a way no one has thought to do them before, and not always in some mind-blowing revolutionary fashion. Incremental innovation is still innovation.

Here’s a simple challenge you can use to assess and track your entrepreneurial mindset that’s all about pushing yourself to be creative:

• Take one task or goal you have in your job
• Set a timer for five minutes
• Write out as many ideas as possible for how you could accomplish that task.
• Practice this every week

This is a concept called “ideaflow” and it’s critical to any vibrant organization and successful founder.

Ideaflow is being solution-oriented, not problem-oriented. Developing an entrepreneurial mindset is an ongoing journey of personal growth and self-discovery. It isn’t something developed overnight. Continue to embrace the journey and watch as you create a more valuable future.