Few entrepreneurs and business leaders I’ve worked with have developed a consistent writing practice. This surprises me. You won’t easily find an artist without a notebook of scribbles. Art and entrepreneurship are tightly bound.

It doesn’t have to be pretty, and it certainly doesn’t need to be coherent. Write observations, experiences, reactions, hopes, wishes, failures. You’re gifting yourself a valuable reference tool and sounding board for your own progress.

Make it a ritual: Five minutes, every day.

Try it for a month.